88 Forty-first Report on the State Museum. 



The synoptical characters given by Dr. LeConte, in his admirable 

 " Synopsis of the Lampyridse of the United States " ( Trans. Amer. Ent. 

 Soc, ix, 1881, pp. 15-72), are the following: 



Prothorax longer than wide, opake yellow, with a broad, black, dor- 

 sal stripe, sides very narrowly margined; elytra with discoidal spot 

 sometimes extending nearly the entire length, sometimes wanting. 

 Length 8-11 mm., =^ .32-44 inch. New York; Florida. 



Sitodrepa panicea (Linn.), 



As A Leather-Beetle. 



(Ord. CoLEOPTERA : Fam. Ptinid^.) 



Dermestes paniceus Linn. : Syst. Nat., ii, 1767, p. 564, No. 19. 



" " Fabr. : Syst. Ent., 1775, p. 57, 14; Spec. Ins., i, 1781, p. 



66, No. 18; Mant. Ins., i, 1787, p. 35, No. 22. 



Anobmm obesumSAY: in Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., v, 1825, p. 173; 



Compl. Writ, ii, 1883, p. 281. 



" " Melsheimer : in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., ii, 1844, p. 309. 



" " Glover : in Eept. Commis. Pat. for 1854, p. 72, pi. 5 (in 



wheat from Algeria). 

 " paniceiMn Horn : in Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., i, 1861, p. 29 (food and 

 pupation). 

 Sitodrepa panicea Gloyeb. : in Eept. Commis. Agr. for 1868, p. 98, fig. 152 

 (transformation, food, etc.) ; id. for 1870, p. 66 (tobacco, 

 etc., eaten). 

 " " LeConte: in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil, for 1865, p. 229. 



Packard : Giiide Stud. Ins., 1869, p. 470, flg. 440 of 

 larva, p. 131 (parasitic [?] on humble bees). 

 " " Shimer: in Amer. Entomol., ii, 1870, p. 323, fig. 200 



(feeding habits). 

 " " Thomas : 6th Eept. Ins. 111. [1877], p. 122, fig. 12 (descrip- 



tion, habits, etc.). 

 " " Saunders, W. E. : in Canad. Entomol., xv, 1883, p. 80 (a 



drug pest). 

 " " Hamilton : in Canad. Entomol., xv, 1883, p. 92 (a museum 



pest). 

 " " Henshaw: List. Coleop. N. Amer., 1885, p. 83, No. 5267. 



An Insect Attack on Leather Reported. 

 A letter was received under date of May 10, 1887, from the editor 

 of "Boots and Shoes," — a weekly journal published in the city of New 

 York — stating: 



"One of our subscribers writes that he has had a lot of shoes ruined 

 by a small bug which burrows into the leather and deposits its eggs, 

 perforating the leather in all directions. He would like to know the 

 nature of this bug, and also how to prevent further ravages in his 



