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THE LAMPYRIDJE OF BORNEO. 
it is hoped that it may at least form a foundation for future 
investigations, and I should be happy if the entomologists 
of the country would take up the study of these wonderful 
beetles. I shall be very grateful, too, if they will kindly 
communicate to me their captures through the Curator 
of the Sarawak Museum, and any observations made on 
the life and habits of these curious and interesting insects, 
whose eggs, successive changes in development, various 
kinds of food, &c., are totally unknown. 
October 8, 1912. 
