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ENTOMOLOGY. 

 The Angoumois Grain Moth. 

 {Gelechia cerealella, Linn.) 

 Order Lepidoptera : Family Tineida?. 

 The above insect was detected the past season as detailed below. 

 Experiments made by Mr. F. M. Webster show that the New Eng- 

 land climate will not destroy this pest but only check its depreda- 

 tions during cold weath- 

 er. His experiments 

 also show that the pest 

 can be destroyed by a 

 temperature of 130° 

 Fah. kept up for four 

 or five hours. The 

 accompanying cuts 

 show the life history 

 of this moth, and the 

 nature of its work. 

 Below we give an article upon this insect contributed to the Maine 

 Farmer by the writer. 



Editor Maine Farmer : My attention was called a few days ago 

 to the above insect found in great numbers in boxed Shaker rice 



Fig. 5. Stages in the life history of the Angoumois 

 Grain-moth, Gelechia cerealella, L. 



