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The Bkown Grain Beetle. 



( Triholium ferrugineum, Fab.) 



The brown grain beetle is, as its name implies, a brown 

 colored beetle about oue-eiglith or three-sixteenths of an 



inch long. It is represented enlarged in 

 figure 14. It is usually found in stored 

 grain in connection with other grain 

 insects, but may become quite common 

 in neglected granaries. It also feeds 

 upon dried animal matter, and is 

 sometimes found in museums, and in 

 the kitchen store room. 



The Coen-Sap Beetle. 

 ( Garpo2^1dlus /cdUpennls, Say. ) 



Fig. 14. Brown Grain 

 Beetle. Enlarged. 



The corn-sap beetle 

 is about one-seventh of 

 an inch in length, of a 

 dark brown color, with 

 the wing covers lighter 

 in color and not ex- 

 tending to the end of 

 the abdomen. An en- 

 larged beetle and larva 

 is represented in figure 

 15, with the natural 

 size indicated by lines 

 at the side. 



This beetle, like most 

 of the beetles belonging 



Fig. 15. Corn Sap-Beetle. Larva and 

 adult, enlarged. 



