878 



Those inontlis liavo the same lial)it of elosinG,- ii]ii)ii any oltjcct 

 inserted iiit(~» tlieui. 



The eoiii]ilete larval jieriod for the seven instars was found 

 to require fifty days, while the life cycle, from ego- to adnlt, 

 was passed in sixty-fonr days. This is slii;htly longer than 

 Riley fonnd from his experiments in the eastern United States, 

 under summer conditions. 



Ad 111 I: — The heetles that emerged Jan. 2, lOlT, are still 

 alive and actively reproducing (April 5th, 1917). They have 

 been kept in glass jars with screw tops and ahnndantly sup- 

 plied with the dried hsh. Th(>re is no tendency to leave the 

 food and a])parently they are well ada]ited to sul)sist and re- 

 produce genei'ation after generation, shut away from the air 

 and absolutely without water. 



A.\ XOTATED BIBLIOGIJAPII Y. 



18-'>0. Westwood, J. (). — Introduction ^lodern ("lassification 

 Insects. I, 157-158. 



Common throout Euro])e and America, Java, Brazil 

 and Chili. 



1884. Walker, J. J.— Ent. Mo. Alag. IV, KU. 



Said to destroy thick oak ])lanks by their ]m]iatiou bur- 

 rows. 



1885. Riley, ('. V. — \U\)t. Comm. Agric. U. S. 258-L>(i-l-. 

 Common in old hides and later in shoes and leatlun- 

 goods, ])referring the inidi'csscd ])ai'1s, i.e. soles, Ium'Is, 

 etc. Ive])orts injui'v to hams in Arizona. (Ii^•es life 

 history as coni])leted in about (HI days. Describes and 

 figures stages in life history. 



1880. Jones, F. M.— Insect Life IF, G8-G4. 



Notes injury 1o goat skins from ^Mexico, Russia, Cape 



Town, Ai-abia and South America. 

 18!>8. Howard, L. ().— Yearbook V. S. Dept. Agric. U8. 



Describes juipation in ])ackages of toliacco. 

 18!)(;. Holland. W. d.— Ent. Xews, 08. 



liecords destruction of cork from S])ain. 



