///st'c'/s ///Jz/noz/s to Coffee. 



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INSECTS ix.in;i(»rs to coffee, ctc. 



Beetles Damaging Coffee-Berries. 



Two samples of citn\*o-l>onii's diiina^ed l>y small beetles have l)een 

 received diniiii,' the i)ast year. One was sent l)y a coiTespondent in 

 London with the followinij infonnation : " I enclose a small sample 

 of coffee taken from a bai' recentlv in, from Costa Kic^i, and shall 

 he triad if von can tell me the life-history of the crcjitnres with the 

 ooflV'<\ and whether they are likely to spread to other goods in the 

 waivh(»nse, either collee or cocoa or goods of a kintlred nature." On 

 examination the sample was found to contain a number of live 

 beetles, and most of the benies were greatly damaged. 



C A B 



Fio. IG. 

 B, Coffee <Ura«g»Hl by (A). ArttocvutfamieHlixlut, Dc Oecr (<^ and 9) : C, by .'3nfy(i, »p. O 



The l)eetles sent arc known a.s Arrr/rrrus //(.*•»>»/(//</.<, De Oeer 

 (Fig. in, a). Their life-history is well known. They are cosmo- 

 iv)litan and abundant in the Old and New WorM.s. 



The larva' live in c»)ffee-lH'rries, and will attack roroa, ginger and 

 other comuKMlities, as also will the adult lu-etles. 



It is well known in Centml America, in India and the i'li^c of 

 (mmkI Ho|m«, but <loe.s not .<H»em abundant in Kuro|>e. It has also 

 been found on TinnnriAcuJi (fdllinis and in and on ]»ackage,s of 

 Trjnutria. The larva is short and cylindrical, with distinct legs and 

 nltout one-fourth of an inch long; its movements arc slow. It has 



