106 SEEDS, STORES, AND WOOD. 



The figure, p. 105, gives a very good representation of A. paniceum 

 in its various stages, "''= and may be taken as a guide to the general 

 appearance also of A. stria tum in its successive conditions, and to 

 A. tc'ssclUitum in larval and pupal state. In beetle state this last 

 ranges to fully half as much or more in length than the two other 

 kinds named, and is distinguishable further by being patched or 

 "tessellated" on the wing-cases with yellowish down, whence its 

 specific name. 



Anohium paniceum t is about one-tenth of an inch or rather more 

 in length, of a uniform light brown colour, and covered with fine grey 

 down. The following is a detailed description: — Oblong, convex; red- 

 dish brown, and closely covered with very fine short grey pubescence. 

 The head is deflexed and concealed beneath the front margin of the 

 thorax ; the antennse have the basal joint rather large, the second 

 smaller, the six following very small, and the apical three very large 

 and rather more than twice as long as broad. The thorax is very 

 convex and finely punctured, a little wider than the elytra at the base, 

 rounded at the sides, somewhat compressed in front, and slightly 

 impressed on each side at the base. The scutellum is small and nearly 

 square. The elytra are straight at the sides, rounded behind, and 

 have ten impressed rows of fine punctures on each ; there is also a 

 short and slightly oblique row of similar punctures on either side of 

 the scutellum, the interstices between the rows of punctures are flat, 

 and have indistinct transverse scratches. In fresh and perfect speci- 

 mens the pubescence is very close, and imparts a dusty appearance to 

 the surface ; there are also some longer hairs between the rows of 

 punctures on the elytra, but in old and worn specimens the surface 

 is frequently more or less denuded of hairs, and has a much more 

 polished appearance. The length of the body is from three to three 

 and a half millm.— 0. E. J. X 



The larvae are white and curved, and resemble those of other 

 Anobia, and are not unlike Chafer maggots in miniature. They are 

 soft, cylindrical, fleshy, and slightly pilose, with a scaly head (armed 

 with robust-toothed jaws), and have six legs. 



With regard to the food of the maggots (quoting again from the 

 U.S.A. Bulletin referred to in note below, which is the fullest record 



* This figure I acknowledge with many thanks as copied (somewhat reduced) 

 from the greatly magnified figure given in ' The Principal Household Insects of the 

 United States,' by L. 0. Howard and C. L. Marlatt, p. 124. Bulletin No. 4. United 

 States Department of Agriculture, Washington. 1896. 



t Anohium being the name under which this genus has been chiefly referred to 

 for many years, I continue to use it for convenience of general reference, giving the 

 synonyms of Sitodrepa and Xestobium where requisite. 



\ See p. 13 of my small volume ' Some Injurious Insects of South Africa,' in 

 which the technical descriptions of the insects are by Mr. Oliver E. Janson, F.E.S. 



