KASPBERRY BEETLE. 



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•manufactured timber, as furniture, or rafters, where 

 they do boundless mischief. 



Amongst these the presence of the so-called Death- 

 watch, the Anohium tessellatum, maybe easily detected 



Fig. l^.—Byturus tomentosus, " Easpberry Beetles," much magni- 

 fied, with line showing nat. length ; maggot, magnified, with line 

 showing nat. length, after sketch by Prof. Westwood. Easpberry 

 fruit. 



by the dust thrown out from their little round shot- 

 hole-like burrows in chairs or tables, and may be as 

 easily cured or prevented by plentiful use of oil and 

 turpentine. 



The Xijlehorus (or Bostrichus) dispar, more conveni- 

 ently known as the " Shot-borer" Beetle, is noticeable 

 for its rapid power of destruction of living trees. The 

 very small dark brown Beetles drive their tunnels so as, 

 in the case of quite young trees, partially to ring them, 

 and to clear out an inch or so of the central pith, besides 

 running other galleries, so that the tree perishes with 

 a rapidity quite unaccountable until the presence of 

 the infestation is found out. The Beetles are remark- 

 able for their "disparity" of size and shape, whence 

 the specific name. The female is about the eighth of 

 an inch long, with the thorax (or fore body) large in 



