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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



The drug store beetle' is a rather stout, light brown beetle about 

 i of an inch long, which attacks a large variety of substances. It 

 occurs in mills, granaries and warehouses, livinp; ui)on flour, meal, 

 breakfast foods, condiments, roots and herbs and animal sub- 





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Fig. 30 Drug store beetle, seen from above and the side, enlarged. (Original) 



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stances. It has even been known to colonize itself in a human 

 skeleton which had been dried with the ligaments left on, and has 

 been recorded as perforating tinfoil and sheet lead. 



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Fig. 31 Cigarette beetle, seen 

 fromiabove and the side, enlarged. 

 (Original) 



Fig. 32 Spider beetle, seen from 

 above, enlarged. (Original) 



The cigarette beetle- is another tiny omnivorous species. The 

 beetle is light brown, stout, slightly hairy and only i of an inch 

 long. It infests a .large variety of food stuffs, including condi- 



'S.i todrepa panicea Linn. 

 ^Lasioderma serricorne Fabr. 



