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The Olotiies Beetle 
Anthretms vurax 
Plate XXYlIl., tigs. 7, S 
This is the pest tliat is responsihle for the holes that appear in clotlies, blankets, 
etc., that have been stored for even only a short time. 
The adult (fig. 7) is a deep chestnut-brown beetle, almost spherical in shape and 
densely clothed with golden, white and very dark brown scales. 
LetKjth, 2-75-4 mm. 
The little hairy Larva (fig. 8) is only too well known to residents in this country. 
The thoracic and the first four abdominal segments are dark brown and clothed with long 
black backwardly-projecting hairs. The fifth, sixth and seventh abdominal segments are 
yellow, more sparsely clothed with hairs, and bear lateral, backwardly-pi’ojecting tufts or 
brushes of black hairs. A caudal tuft of hairs is situated on the anal segment. A pale 
median line extends the length of the thoracic and the first four abdominal segments. 
Intersegmental spaces, pale. 
Length, 5 mm. 
Prei'pntinns and rempdies. — Clothes — with the exception of cotton goods, which this 
beetle will not eat—blankets and other articles liable to the attack of this pest should 
be stored in insect-proof cases — -such as tin uniform cases. Before being put away the 
contents of the cases should be fumigated with carbon bisulphide. 
The fumes of burning sulphur are also poisonoirs to the clothes beetle, but it must 
be remembered that they will also affect certain dyes, more especially those of vegetable 
origin. 
Great care must be observed in using carbon bisulphide, as its fumes with air form 
a highly exjilosive mixture. 
Camjjhor, naphthalene and like suhstances are useful in kee}>ing beetles away from 
uninfested clothes, but have no effect on either eggs, larva or adults when once the clothes 
have become infested. 
A Seed B e e t i. e 
Aflo/iriius, sp. 
Plate XXYlIl., figs. 9, 10 
Several other members of the family Dp.rmcstidte occur, attacking seed, biscuits, 
museum specimens and other vegetable and animal products, .\mong these is a species 
(fig. 9) of Attorfenus, which has several times been noticed causing considerable damage 
to seed. 
The larva (fig. 10) is yellow in colour and clothed with yellow hairs. The sixth, 
seventh and eighth abdominal segments bear i)rushes of short reddish-brown hair ; and 
the eighth segment bears, in addition, a caudal tuft of long yellow hairs. 
The Goneusee Flour Beetle 
Triholi.um cnufiiKun, Dav. 
This beetle occurs frequently in stored dura and other grains, and has also been 
noticed attacking museum specimens. 
The adult is a flattened, reddish-l)rown beetle about 4'5 mm. in length. 
It appears to be practically omnivorous and is recorded to feed on all sorts of grain 
and grain products, snuff, orris root, red pepper, etc. 
There are upwards of four broods in the course of the year. 
A common 
pest of 
clothing 
Pests of seed, 
hour, grain 
tobacco and 
beans 
