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continuously as the larva eats. As a rule, the larvæ feed on 
(or near) the surface of the fungus, and the fluffy mass of dung 
may serve as a protection. 
To obtain the beetle the pieces of Polyporus on which the 
larvæ were feeding were placed on sterilized (baked) soil in 
glass dishes. As a further check several larvæ were trans- 
ferred to similar dishes containing pieces of Polystictus flabelli- 
formis, which had also been baked. The beetles emerged in 
about three weeks after the larvæ had gone to earth. Of 
135 beetles obtained in these dishes, 118 were Geropria 
induta Wied., and 16 Toxicum oppugnans Walk. The remain- 
ing beetle was a smaller species ; it has apparently been 
mislaid, but, like the two already mentioned, it was a 
Tenebrionid. Possibly the habit of producing a fluffy mass 
of dung is common in that group, though I have not 
been able to find any reference to it, nor to meet any ento- 
mologist who was aware of it. But the specific name of the 
Geropria suggests that it was known to the describer of that 
species. — T. P. 
