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  rROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  in 
  adults 
  who 
  would 
  never 
  permit 
  of 
  the 
  discomfort 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   sence 
  of 
  the 
  beetle 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  and 
  are 
  in 
  any 
  case 
  clothed. 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  practice, 
  adopted 
  by 
  many 
  children 
  in 
  Bengal, 
  of 
  

   defcecating 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  the 
  second 
  author 
  invites 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  

   possibility 
  of 
  the 
  beetles 
  making 
  their 
  way 
  along 
  the 
  excretory 
  meatus 
  

   while 
  the 
  sphincters 
  are 
  loosened 
  during 
  movements, 
  the 
  beetles 
  gaining 
  

   a 
  purchase 
  somewhere 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  rectum 
  and 
  living 
  on 
  the 
  

   foecal 
  matter 
  there 
  and 
  causing 
  irritation 
  of 
  a 
  mild 
  nature, 
  till 
  expelled 
  

   on 
  some 
  subsequent 
  occasion 
  (not 
  necessarily 
  during 
  the 
  next 
  evacua- 
  

   tion, 
  unless 
  their 
  entry 
  is 
  attended 
  with 
  an 
  immediate 
  onset 
  of 
  diarrhoea 
  ; 
  

   a 
  costive 
  system 
  would 
  be 
  naturally 
  to 
  their 
  advantage). 
  In 
  the 
  absence 
  

   of 
  experiments 
  on 
  the 
  respiratory 
  requirements 
  of 
  these 
  beetles, 
  the 
  

   explanation 
  cannot 
  of 
  course 
  be 
  advanced 
  with 
  any 
  degree 
  of 
  certainty. 
  

   The 
  possibility 
  of 
  their 
  introduction 
  through 
  the 
  mouth 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  

   of 
  eggs, 
  by 
  the 
  medium 
  of 
  liquid 
  or 
  insufl&ciently 
  masticated 
  solid 
  food, 
  

   would 
  indicate 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  experiments 
  on 
  the 
  viability 
  of 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  in 
  the 
  digestive 
  juices. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  only 
  published 
  this 
  note 
  to 
  draw 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  medical 
  

   men 
  to 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  this 
  disease 
  in 
  India 
  in 
  the 
  hope 
  that 
  they 
  

   will 
  be 
  on 
  the 
  look 
  out 
  for 
  it, 
  whereby 
  its 
  known 
  distribution 
  may 
  be 
  

   extended 
  to 
  definite 
  areas. 
  Concerning 
  the 
  etiology 
  of 
  the 
  disease, 
  

   not 
  being 
  medical 
  men, 
  the 
  validity 
  of 
  the 
  theory 
  of 
  inguinal 
  infection 
  

   advanced 
  by 
  the 
  second 
  author 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  criticized 
  by 
  doctors. 
  

   After 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  the 
  distribution, 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  habits 
  and 
  food 
  

   of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  affected 
  tracts 
  might 
  shed 
  further 
  light 
  on 
  the 
  

   problem. 
  What 
  is 
  particularly 
  needed 
  is 
  that 
  a 
  watch 
  should 
  be 
  kept 
  

   for 
  any 
  early 
  stages 
  (larval 
  and 
  pupal) 
  at 
  postmortem 
  examinations. 
  

  

  Were 
  the 
  Bengal 
  specimens 
  all 
  females 
  ? 
  

  

  No 
  ; 
  one 
  was 
  a 
  male. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  examined 
  the 
  male 
  specimen 
  passed 
  round 
  and 
  think 
  such 
  

   could 
  be 
  voided 
  without 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  intestine. 
  

  

  Are 
  you 
  sure 
  the 
  beetles 
  are 
  really 
  passed 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Chakrawarti 
  states 
  {vide 
  our 
  Note) 
  that 
  they 
  came 
  out 
  after 
  

   a 
  saline 
  injection. 
  

  

  No 
  larvae 
  and 
  pupae 
  have 
  ever 
  been 
  found 
  ? 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  decidedly 
  suggestive 
  that 
  only 
  adult 
  beetles 
  have 
  been 
  

   found 
  so 
  far. 
  I 
  can 
  hardly 
  believe 
  that 
  infection 
  takes 
  place 
  by 
  means 
  

   of 
  eggs 
  ingested 
  with 
  food. 
  Even 
  if 
  eggs 
  were 
  ingested, 
  they 
  would 
  

   probably 
  be 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  stomach 
  and, 
  if 
  they 
  succeeded 
  in 
  hatching, 
  

   it 
  is 
  unlikely 
  that 
  the 
  larvae 
  could 
  remain 
  and 
  feed 
  and 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  intes- 
  

  

  