14 CORN. 
where the warmth of the climate suits it for propagation; and in 
more northerly localities bordering on infested areas, where occasional 
variations in temperature may allow it to establish itself temporarily, 
or breeding may be continued on grain in warm stores, the possible 
appearance of this attack, by importation or otherwise, is one of those 
regularly watched for by those who are connected with prevention of 
damage from injurious insects. 
The moths much resemble what are commonly known as “ Clothes 
Moths,” and the mischief is caused by the maggots, which hatch from 
the eggs laid by the moths on matured corn, penetrating into the 
grains, and clearing out the contents, so as to reduce them to mere 
husks, emptied of everything excepting the dirt resulting from the 
feeding of the maggots, and some remains of chrysalis-cases, web- 
cocoons, or moulted skins. 
The moth takes its name from Angoumois, a province of France, 
where it was observed as being destructive so far back as early in 
the last century. From published records, the attack of the insect 
was known of in HKurope (in this case to stored Barley in France) in 
1736, but the moth is stated not to have been described until 1789. 
In America it is said to have been recognized as early as 1728, and 
is considered to have been ‘‘ unquestionably imported by the early 
settlers of Virginia in their supplies of Wheat brought from the old 
country. From this centre it has spread in all directions through the 
country, but more extensively towards the south than towards the 
north, since it does not thrive in a very cold climate.” * 
I do not find it mentioned as an Fnglish pest, either by Kirby and 
Spence, or by John Curtis in his excellent description of the infestation 
in ‘Farm Insects’; and in the paper on this insect given by Mr. C. 
G. Barrett, F.E.8.,+ he mentions that in his “own experience the 
moth has been taken in plenty about the granaries of the docks at 
King’s Lynn, yet no instance of its spreading abroad among the barns 
or grain-stores of Norfolk was, so far as I can ascertain, ever ob- 
served.” —(C. G. B.) 
The specimens from which my own observations were taken were 
from a cargo of Barley imported from North Africa, which proved to 
be infested to such a degree as to attract attention of intending pur- 
chasers, and of which samples were sent me for certainty of the nature 
of the attack. 
On the 4th of February in the past year (1897) specimens of 
* See ‘The Angoumois Moth, or Fly Weevil,” by L. O. Howard. ‘Insect 
Life,’ Periodical Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture, vol. v. 
p. 325. 
t+ See Ent. Mo. Mag. for January, 1897, p. 9. 
