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SCOTOBATES Horn. 
S. calcaratus Fabr. Throughout the State V-VII; not rare. 
XYLOPINUS Lee. 
X. saperd oides Oliv. Throughout the State VI, VII; not rare. 
X. rufipes Say. Caldwell (Cr); So. Amboy (Bt); Malaga VII (GG); g. d. 
T^TTT). 
X. senescens Lee. Caldwell (Cr); So. Amboy (Bt); DaCosta VII, 27 
(Dke). 
TENEBmO Linn. 
T. obscurus Fabr. Throughout the State. 
e 
Fig. 148.—The yellow meal worm, Tenebrio molitor: a, larva; 
b, pupa; c, adult; d, egg; about twice natural size: 
e, antenna of adult, more enlarged. 
T, molitor Linn. With the preceding. Both of these species are intro¬ 
duced and live in granaries, stables, store-houses and the like. The 
larvae are the meal-worms, which occur wherever there is a neglected 
heap of grain refuse. Occasionally they are troublesome, but usually 
strict cleanliness, removing their breeding places, serves to keep 
them in check. When its use is practical, bisulphide of carbon will 
kill both adults and larvae. 
T. castanea Knoch. Lakehurst V (Jl); DaCosta (Li); Malaga V, 19, un- 
" 3er"”pme bark (W); Manumuskin V (Dke). 
T. t enebrioides Beauv. Throughout the State IV-VIII, under bark of 
trees, among rubbish in barns and outbuildings; not rare. 
