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Silvanus adveiia Waltl., also a grain beetle ^^('(lihartiis advciia. 



Anthrenus varius Fab., one of the cabinet beetles, is letVrred to J. rerhasci Linn. 



Ips fasciatus Oliv. = 7. 4-(jultatu8 Fab. 



The cadelle (Trogosita [Tenebrioides} maKritaiiica L,inu. ) = Temhroides manrifaiiicits. 



Gibbium. svotias Scop.^^r;. j)Si///o(Y/e.s- Czeuipinsk. 



Xestobiiim tebsellatum Vah. = X. ritfovillo^um DeG. 



The cigarette beetle {Lasioderma serriconic Fab.)^/.. testacenni Diift. 



The "bark stripper" {PInjmatodes rar'uihilifi Linn.) = 7'. iexlaceiis Linn. 



Rhagium lineatitin Oliv., a short-horneil pine-borer, is identical with the European 

 J!, inquisitor Linn. 



Gastroidea funnosa Say and (r. raphani Herbst.:=^;. viridiila DeG. 



The two Cottonwood leaf-beetles, Liixt (Plagioderu) scripin Linn, and liemuUv Fab., 

 belong to the genus .\ielasouia. 



The strawberry loot-borer, mentioned in economic literature as Parla aterrima and 

 /'. 6-notata, together with several other forms, have all been united under the <me 

 sp(*cific name Tgpopliovus canelliis Fab. 



ColasjJis tristis 01., (of collections) an enemy of the rose, strawberry, blackberry, and 

 other Rosace*, is identitied as Xodottotit piuicticolUs Say. 



The elm leaf-beetle (Galeruca xanthoradaua Sclir.)= Gahrucella luicola Mull. 



Sjistena blanda Mels. and S. mitis Lee, with their varieties are cousidered merely 

 varieties of *s'. tcvniata Say. 



The pea weevil {Bruchus jfisi L,\ini.)^B. j)isoriiin Liim. 



JJruchiis scuiellaris Fab., one of the cow-pea weevils, is referred to B. chinetisis Linn. 



The bean we©vil (Bnidiuti obsoletns Say [Horn] and i>. /aha' Riley) =i>. ohtirtiis 

 Say. 



The rice weevil ( C. ortjza- Linn.):^t'. oryza Linn. (See Amo'u. Acatl., vol. vi, p 

 395). 



Calandra remotepunctata Gyll. is a synonym of C. granaria Linn. 



Xyloiei'us bivittatus Kb\'. = A'. VmeatuH Oliv. 



The i^ear-blight beetle (Xj/lelionis pi/ri Peck.) ^ A', dispar Fab- 



[F. H. C] 

 A NEW FURNITURE PEST. 



Duriuti' tlie past winter Mrs. J. ^I. Hunter, of i^ew York Gity, wrote 

 us tbat tlie bottom of one of the drawers in Ler bureau was infested 

 b}' some insect. From her description of the nature of the damage 

 we inferred that the culprit was one of our species of Lyctus and 

 advised her to soak the infested wood with kerosene or to apply corro- 

 sive subliiJiate. Subsequently Mrs. Hunter discovered that the bottom 

 of a washstand in the same room was infested in the same way, and 

 forwarded a minute fragment of tlie insect which she found protruding 

 from one of the holes in the surface of the wood. This fragment was 

 evidently a j)iece of the jirothorax of an anobiid beetle, quite different 

 from any Lyctus, and we concluded at first that it indicated the pres- 

 ence of one of the common European furniture infesting anobiids, viz, 

 Anohlum pertinax (the well-known "death watch'') or A. striatum, 

 neither of which, strangely enough, has ever been recorded from Xorth 

 America. Mrs. Hunter found the bottom of her washstand entirely 

 destroyed, and finally sent us one of the boards. Upon investigation 

 we found within the board perfect, though dead (evidently killed by 

 the kerosene), specimens of the beetle, which, to our surprise, proved 

 to be our native Xiiletlniis peltatus. This species is common enough in 

 our woods, boring iu dead and dry twigs and branches of all sorts of 



