THE TOBACCO BEETLE. 



two closely pressed cigars or beneath the band. Injured cigars 

 do not draw Avell, burn unevenly, and dust is drawn into the 



Fig. 2. — Pressed cut smoking tobacco showing burrows of larvae and exit holes of 

 adults of the tobacco beetle (Lasioderma serricorne) . 



mouth of the smoker. High-grade cigars, in which the more ex- 

 pensive leaf tobacco is used as wrapper or filler, are far more sus- 

 ceptible to injury than are cigars made from heavier, stronger, 



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Fig. 3. — Chewing tobacco injured by the tobacco beetle (Lasioderma serricorne). 



and inferior grades. In cigarettes, also, injury is more apt to 

 occur in those made from the sweeter, milder types of leaf, such 

 as is used in the more expensive grades. Fine Turkish tobaccos 



