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IT has been observed that the powder-post beetles Lyctus linearis and L. brunneus do not deposit a constant number of eggs in each vessel they attack, and observations have been made by one of us (E. A. P.) on the frequency with which given numbers of eggs are laid by these insects in the vessels of English oak.
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VAN REST, E., PARKIN, E. Poisson Series and Biological Data. Nature 132, 445 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132445a0
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