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HISTORY IN AMERICA. £7 
mens of Spanish bean or chick-pea imported from Spain, where they 
are known as “ garbanzos,” showing injury by this species. Novem- 
ber 23, Mr. P. J. Wester, Miami, Fla., sent larve in the seed of 
Cecropia palmata. From this lot the first larva transformed to pupa 
December 7, and the adult issued December 27, or in 20 days; this 
being an exceptionally long period for the pupal stage. An adult 
issued January 4, 1908. This sending is of peculiar interest inas- 
much as it points to a possible wild food plant, and to the fact that 
in a tropical climate like that of Miami, Fla., the moths may issue 
throughout the winter. December 4, a larva of this species was re- 
ceived from an unknown locality in China in the fruit of the jujube 
tree (Zizyphus jujuba). 
During 1908 this species was received in the larval condition in 
flour and meal from Sherman, Tex., sent by Mr. D. K. McMillan, and 
through the Bureau of Plant Industry in peanuts from Saigon, 
Cochin China. 
In 1909 this insect was received from many sources. Larvae were 
collected in a number of large cities and milling towns in Texas and 
Louisiana by Mr. McMillan. The records of the bureau also show 
that on June 15 it was concerned with other insects in damaging rice 
to the extent of many thousands of dollars a year at New Orleans, 
La. June 19 it was reported by Prof. Harper Dean as common 
in meal from San Antonio, Tex. June 21 it was received in flour 
from a mill in San Antonio, Tex. Later it was received in flour and 
pther mill stuff from different mills in San Antonio and New Braun- 
fels, Tex. It was present in cottonseed mills at Galveston, Tex., and 
in rice in a rice mill at Morse, La. In July it was collected by Mr. 
MeMillan in flour at Fort Worth and Wichita Falls, Tex., in cotton- 
seed meal from Guthrie, Okla., and in flour from Wichita, Kans., 
where it was troublesome in bakeries. Specimens were also received, 
July 19, from Hershey, Pa., where it was injurious to dried currants. 
October 9 Mr. W. R. Beattie furnished specimens in seed peanuts 
from Africa. In November and December Mr. McMillan furnished 
larve in broken rice from Beaumont, Tex., in various dried seeds 
and grains from Houston, Tex., and from screenings taken from a 
rice mill at Lake Arthur, La.; in a lot of broken rice called “ brewers’ 
stock” the insect occurred in great numbers, badly infesting the 
material. In one case nearly 100 sacks of screenings in one mill were 
badly affected. 
The above records refer chiefly to the occurrence of this species 
in rice mills, although there are some records also of occurrence in 
flour mills, e. g., in Dallas and McKinney, Tex., and of injury to 
dried fruits, etc. 
“In some of these cases other insects were present, such as the rust-red flour beetle 
(Tribolium navale Fab.) and the lesser grain borer (Rhizopertha dominica Fab.). 
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