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left to the individual] exhibitors to do at their own discretion, as in a general order, 
the danger is that the work will not be done at all. For this reason I strongly urge 
that some competent person be appointed to carry out whatever orders youmay issue. 
Some thirty-five species were enumerated in all, in the different 
series, but since the report was made the remainder of the material 
collected then and afterwards has been more fully identified by com- 
parison with specimens in the National Collection and published 
descriptions, and the list is now as complete as it is possible to make 
it with the means for identification at our command. A number of the 
species. it has been found, can not be identified with the material at 
our disposition, and types of these, some of which are probably unde- 
seribed, have been sent to Dr. David Sharp, of Cambridge, England, 
for further study. A list of the species, together with notes on their 
occurrence, food-habits, and distribution, is appended, the cosmopolitan 
beetles being arranged to conform to the nomenclature adopted by M. 
Fauvel in his recently published list of the Coleoptera common to 
Europe and North America. 
LIST OF INSECTS WHICH OCCURRED IN GRAIN AND OTHER STORED 
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS AT THE WORLD’S FAIR. 
COLEOPTERA. 
Clavicornia. 
(1) Homalota sp.—A minute Staphylinid beetle, living in yam and other edible 
tubers from Mexico. This species is not injurious. 
(2) Silvanus surinamensis L.—Occurred insome abundance in the exhibits of Argen- 
tine Republic, Brazil, Paraguay, Mexico, Trinidad, Liberia, Algeria, Tunis, Java, 
Greece, and Italy. Injurious to grain and dried fruits. Cosmopolitan and widely 
distributed in North America. 
(3) Silvanus bidentatus Fab.—In chick-peas from Spain. Common to both conti- 
nents, in grain and under bark. 
4) Silvanus quadricollis Lec. (=gemellatus Duv. [Fauvel]).—In the Brazilian 
exhibit, in sugar (accidental). Not uncommon in grain, cotton bolls, ete., in the 
South. 
(5) Silvanus cassie Reiche (?).—Breeding in edible tubers in Mexican exhibit, 
Recorded from Arizona (Fauvel). 
(6) Silvanus advena Waltl.—In exhibits of Brazil, British Guiana, Porto Rico, Ven- 
ezuela, Mexico, Algeria, Liberia, etc., in grain, beans, edible tubers, dried fruits, 
etc. Cosmopolitan, common, and widely known in this country. 
(7) Nausibius clavicornis Kug. (dentatus Marsh).—Found in preserved bananas in 
the Jamaican exhibit in the Manufactures Building. Cosmopolitan. 
(8) Pediacus depressus Hbst.—In chick-peas from Spain. Common to Europe and 
North America. 
(9) Lemophleus pusillus Sch.—In grain and meal from Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, 
and Liberia. Cosmopolitan; occurring in the United States, but not known if it is 
injurious. 
(10) Lemophleus ferrugineus Steph.—Found in betel nuts from Johore. Said to be 
cosmopolitan, but its naturalization in this country doubtful. Apt to be confounded 
« with the preceding species. 
(11) Cryptophagus acutangulus Gyll. (?).—In Mexican exhibit. Common to Europe 
and North America. Not known to be injurious. 
