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I have already published in these columns * an account of its 
life history and shall not repeat my observations here. 
13. 
No. 449. Chrysobothris fatalis Har. (Coleopt.) 
This Buprestid together with others of the same family, 
e. g., Sternocera feldspathica Whit., Steraspis amplipennis 
Fabr., Psiloptera wellmani Kerr., etc., deserve place in this 
list from the fact of the wood boring habits of their larve; 
but my notes on these are not yet complete and I include the 
species because it (with the other three handsome species men- 
tioned) is a common article of food among the native blacks, 
who also eat other beetles, notably Zographus ferox Har. and 
the larvze of a species of Camenta. 
14. 
No. 547. <Anthomyia desjardensii Macq. (Dipt.) 
I have reported a severe case of intestinal myasis caused by 
this fly.t, Thirty larve were passed by the patient, some 
of which were bred out and proved to be the species above 
mentioned. The fly, first described from the Isle of France, 
had not previously been convicted of causing myasis in man. 
E5. 
No. 1025. Dacnodes wellmani Burr. (Dermatopt.) 
This giant tropical earwig which has proved to represent a 
new genus and species was first brought to my attention by 
the fact that the blacks fear it and scramble out of its way in 
the same manner that they avoid scorpions, centipedes, etc. 
They state that the creature “bites” and is very poisonous, giv- 
ing instances of serious effects from its venom. It is an in- 
teresting fact that another large earwig (Anisolabus colossea 
Dohrn) found in New South Wales is feared in the same man- 
ner by the inhabitants. I have never personally seen any one 
bitten by D. wellmani, but it is very possible that it may intro- 
duce septic matter by a bite from its powerful forceps some- 
* Observations on the Bionomics of Auchmeromyia luteola Fabricius, ENTOM. NEWS, 
Feb., 1906, p. 64. 
¥ Intestinal Myasis Accompanied by Severe Abdominal Pain, etc., American Journal of 
the Medical Sciences, May, 1906. 
