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It has been observed in flour, corn meal, bread and under bark and 

 in decaying wood and some other material, including dried fruit. 

 It is cosmopolitan and, although abundant nearly everywhere, is 

 not often reported in great numbers. 



Control 



As to remedies, the species is hardly worth considering. It has 

 been noted above that Persian insect powder has been found effective. 

 When storehouses, mills, stables and other buildings where stored 

 materials are kept contain other insects which are injurious, this 

 species will, of course, succumb to standard remedies such as fumi- 

 gants and heat. 



It should be unnecessary to add that the insect would not be apt 

 to multiply in any great numbers if scrupulous cleanliness of buildings 

 is maintained. 



Bibliographical List 



(1) Say, Thomas. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Phila., vol. Ill, p. 268, 1824, 



Lee. ed., vol. II, p. 158. First description of the species as Diaperis (?) 

 hifasciata. 



(2) Stephens, J. F. Illustrations British Entomology, Mand., vol. V, p. 12, 1832. 



Original diagnosis of the genus Alphitophagus and description of the species 

 as quadripustulatus with notes and colored figure of beetle. 



(3) Redtenbacher, Ludwig. Fauna Austriaca, Kafer, p. 589, 1849. Charac- 



terization of the genus Phylethus and description of the species as P. populi. 



(4) MuLSANT, E. Histoire Naturelle des Col^opteres de France, Latigenes, pp. 



203-205, 1854. Characterization of the genus, description of the species, 

 bibhography. Stated to occur under bark. 



(5) Dtjval, Jacquelin. Genera de Coleopteres d'Europe, vol. Ill, p. 298, 1883. 



Technical description. Occurance in debris gathered in a stable. 



(6) Redtenbacher, L. Fauna Austriaca, die Kafer, 3d, Ed., p. 107, Wien, 1874. 



Description: "Found under decaying vegetable matter." 



(7) Fitch, E. A. The Entomologist, vol. XII, p. 45, 1879. Included in a Ust of 



insects observed in a London grain warehouse. 



(8) BiLLUPS, T. R. The Entomologist, vol. XII, p. 268. 1879. As in the 



preceding. 



(9) Schioedte, J. G. Naturh. Tidsskrift, vol. II, pp. 505, 515, 555, 557, 586. 



Tab. IX, figs. 17-27, 1879. Descriptions of larva and pupa with original 

 illustrations. 

 {10) Correspondence. Insect Life, vol. II, p. 21, 1889. Occurring in flour dust 

 in miU at Sprague, Washington. Persian insect powder efficacious. . 



(11) Brtjner, L. Annual Report Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, pp. 426, 427. 



1893. Brief mention; stated that "if allowed to increase unmolested this 

 insect might become a very troublesome pest." 



(12) Riley, C. V. Insect Life, vol. VI, p. 221, 1894. Occurring at the Chicago 



World's Fair in Central American exhibit of dried fruit. 



