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rice nuited with white silk and attached to the inside of a 

 sack or other vessel iu which the broken or crushed rice, on 

 which it feeds, is stored. When removed from the tube 

 it slowly seeks to conceal itself, and to maintain its footing 

 by a few silk threads ; also hanging by such a thread if 

 allowed to fall. 



October until (probably) June or July ; ou dried imported 

 fruits, especially currants, and also on rice. 



Plta undescribed. 



This is quite evidently an introduced species, though it is 

 not at ail certain when it lirst appeared in this country, nor 

 what is the region of its origin. Its generic and specific 

 names seem rather to point to the home of its favourite _/boi'/, 

 the dried currant, than to its own original country. It was 

 first noticed here in or about the year 1865, when two 

 specimens were reared from larva3 found among dried cui-rants 

 at York, by Mr. Hind. Subsequently others were obtaiued 

 in the same place by the late Mr. T. H. Allis, of whom 1 

 received one — still in ray possession. About the year 1870, 

 specimeas began to be observed — though rarely — in the 

 streets of London ; and in 1875, when, by the kindness of a 

 friend, I obtained admission to some of the largest dried 

 fruit warehouses ia the City of London, I had the gratifica- 

 tion of finding it in plenty. Here it was to be seen sitting 

 oil the walls, joists, and window frames, with its wings 

 clasped tightly down, and its head stiffly raised in a slanting 

 position by the equally stiffly straightened legs, so that very 

 often it was difficult to make out, except by actual touch, 

 whether the specimen visible was not a mere raised splinter 

 of wood. When touched and disturbed it would dart down 

 in a zigzag flight, and almost instantly settle again in 

 ■a similar position. At dark the males would run about, 

 quivering their wings in a peculiar manner, and doubtless it 

 would lly at night, but of this there was no opportunity for 

 observation. With the exception that Mr. E. A. Atmorc 



