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INSECTS AFFECTING STORED GRAINS AND LEGUMINOUS SEEDS. 
70 Grain moth (Sitotroga cerealella). A small caterpillar 
about ,7, in. long working in various grains and producing a whitish 
moth with a wing spread of a little over % in. 
Treatment: fumigate infested grain with carbon bisulfid and treat 
suspected granaries in the same mannet. 
71 Saw toothed grain beetle (Silvanus surinamensis). 
A small, brown, slender beetle about % in. long found infesting cereals 
and dried food products. 
Treatment: fumigate infested cereals with carbon bisulfid and allow 
none of its food to lie long undisturbed. 
72 Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella). Whitish 
caterpillar living in indian meal and other cereals and fastening the par- 
ticles of grain together with a web. Moth with the outer two thirds of 
fore wings reddish brown, the inner portion and hind wings light gray. 
Treatment: fumigate infested food with carbon bisulfid. 
73 Confused flour beetle (Tribolium confusum). A 
rather stout, shining, reddish brown beetle about ,3, in long. Very pro- 
lific and frequently causes considerable injury. 
Treatment: fumigate with carbon bisulfid and clean infested localities. 
74 Bean weevil (Bruchus obtectus). Small grayish brown 
beetles about ¥% in. long breeding in dry beans and eating out numerous 
holes. 
Treatment: fumigate beans in all infested localities with carbon 
bisulfid as soon as threshed. 
75 Pea weevil (Bruchus pisorum). Brownish or black 
beetles with indistinct white markings, about ,5, in. long, infesting peas. 
Treatment: same as for bean weevil. 
BENEFICIAL INSECTS 
76 Silk worm (Bombyx mori). Showing eggs, larva, single 
and double cocoons, those from which moths have emerged, one from 
which the silk has been reeled, male and female moths, raw silk; also 
several other species of silk-producing moths. 
77 Pollen carriers. A great many insects convey pollen from 
flower to flower and in certain cases there are some very interesting 
adaptations. Some of the more common pollen carriers are honey bees, 
