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rapcB). All of these, and the formidable list might be greatly 

 extended, we have received from Europe, while very few of 

 our native insect pests have been sent in return. Should our 

 late exportation of the Colorado potato-beetle (DoryopTiora 

 decemlineata), prove as injurious in Europe as in this country, 

 which there is much reason to doubt, we shall still be very far 

 from having made a commensurate return. While the few 

 American species which have been introduced in Great Britain 

 and on the continent have not spread to any great extent, in al 

 most every instance where inj urious insects have been brought 

 thence to this country, their number and their ravages 

 have been greatly increased. Thus, while the recent advent of 

 the AntTirenus scropJiularice has brought consternation in 

 many of our homes, we have been unable to find any record 

 of its preying upon carpets, or other woolens, in the Old 

 World, where it has been so long known. Even special 

 inquiry made by me of one of the leading Entomologists of 

 Europe, has failed to elicit any such information. It is said 

 there to infest dried meats and similar substances. Perhaps its 

 fondness for carpets is a new taste which its transportation 

 hither has developed. 



