378 



These iiiuntlis li:i\c tlic saiiic liahit of closinii' upon any ohjcct 

 inserted inid them. 



Th(> e()ni])lete larval j^eriod for the seven instars was f^nnd 

 to require lifty days, while the life cycle, from egg' to adult, 

 was passed in sixty-four days. This is sliohtly lonoer than 

 Riley found fi-oui his experinitnits in the eastern Fnited States, 

 under sunnnei- conditions. 



Adult: — The heetles that emerged dan. 2, 1917, are still 

 alive and actively reproducing (April 5th, 1917). They have 

 been kept in glass jars with screw tops and abundantly su])- 

 plied with the dried fish. There .is no tendency to leave the 

 food and a])])ai'ently they are well ada))ted to subsist and re- 

 ])ro(lnce genei'ation after generation, shut away fi-om the air 

 and absolutely without water. 



AXXOTATED BIBLKXiUArU Y. 



18:39. AVestwood, J. O. — Tutroductiou Modern ('lassificati(m 

 Insects. T, 157-158. 



Common tlii-oout Euro])e and America, Java, 15ra/.il 

 and Chili. 



1884. Walker, d. d.— Ent. Mo. Mag. IV, ICl. 



Said to desti'oy thick oak planks by their pupation bur- 



I'OWS. 



1885. liiley, C. V. — Iie])t. Comm. .Vgric. V. S. i>58-lM;4. 

 Common in old hides and later in shoes and leather 

 goods, ])referi'ing the undi'esscd ])arts, i.e. soles, heels, 

 etc. Ee])orts injury to hams in Arizona. Gives life 

 histrnw as com]deted in aliout CO days. Describes and 

 tigui'cs stages in life histoi-y. 



1889. Jones, F. :\l.— Insect Life II, V>:UU. 



Xotes injury to goat skins from Mexico, Russia, Cape 



Town, Arabia and South America. 

 1898. Howard, L. ().— Yearbook V. S. Dept. Agric. US. 



Desci-ihes pupation in ])ackages of tobacco. 

 189(:;. HolhuKl. AV. J.— Ent. ]S^ews, 08. 



Records destruction of cork from S]iain. 



