No. 634] INSECT ENEMIES OF POLYPOROID FUNGI 447 



POLYPORES AND INSECTS FOUND ASSOCIATED WITH THEM 



From this table it will be seen that Polyporus versicolor, Poly- 

 porus berkleyi, Polyporus betulinus, Polyporus gilvus and Len- 

 zites betulina are all insect favorites, especially Polyporus versi- 

 color with 23 species to its credit. Just why these species are so 

 attractive to the Coleoptera is a subject for further study. In 

 fact any discussion at this time of the relationship between in- 

 sects and fleshy fungi would be unwise on account of a lack of 

 suitable data and the above material has been presented in the 

 hope that it may stimulate interest in a subject which has long 

 been neglected and which contains interesting and perhaps eco- 

 nomic possibilities. 



