INJURIOUS INSECTS OF 1904. 



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the Small-eyed Flour Beetle should be added here ; the first more 

 abundant on the Pacific coast, the second abundant and injurious 

 in bakeries, feed stores and mills. 



The Yellow Meal Worm. 



This, Fig. 23, is one of our more common pests in Indian meal 

 and found in almost any mill products allowed to accumulate in 

 neglected places. The "worm" is round, smooth, waxen as to its 

 surface, and nearly an inch long and yellow. The adult beetles fly 

 and are attracted to lights. Another allied form common in Amc 



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Fig. 23. — Tenebrio molitor: a, larva; h, pupa; c, female beetle; d, egg with surrounding 

 case; e, antenna; a. b, c. d. about twice natural size; e, more enlarged. — Chittenden, 

 Division of Entomologj', U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



ica, but probably introduced from Europe or Asia, is the Dark 

 Meal Worm. The Yellow Meal Worm or its beetle, or both, are 

 said to make holes in bolting cloth. 



The Saw-Toothed Grain Beetle. 



Very commonly, though wrongly, called "weevil." It gets its 

 name from the little teeth on each side of the thorax. (See Fig. 

 24.) The beetle is reddish brown, and frequently very common 

 in grain, also, according to Chittenden, feeding in flour, meal, dried 

 fruits, seeds, breadstuffs, etc., and has been reported as having 



