THE PHILIPPINE 



Journal of Science 



D. General Biology, Ethnology, 

 AND Anthropology 



Vol. VIII FEBRUARY, 1913 No. 1 



THE CIGARETTE BEETLE {LASIODERMA SERRICORNE Fabr.) 

 IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



By Charles R. Jones 



{From the Entomological Section, Biological Laboratory, Bureau of Science, 



Manila, P. I.) 



Nine plates 

 INTRODUCTION 



The cigarette beetle {Lasioderma serricorne Fabr.) has been 

 prominent for many years as a destroyer of stored vegetable 

 products and is one of the worst pests in the tobacco industry. 

 Its ravages, especially to the manufactured product in tropical 

 countries, are very large. The annual loss in Manila varies from 

 6,000 to 13,000 pesos (3,000 to 6,500 dollars United States 

 currency) per factory for cigars actually destroyed in the factory 

 alone. This represents but a small fraction of the real loss, 

 for these figures do not include the shipments of infested cigars, 

 which give a bad reputation to Manila cigars, and lead to a far 

 greater loss to the factory than does any occasional loss of goods 

 or damage due directly to the cigarette beetle. 



The Insular Collector of Customs ^ shows a decrease in the 

 exportation to the United States of tobacco and tobacco products 

 from 4,023,404 pesos in 1910 to 1,483,544 pesos in 1911. The 

 bulk of this decrease can undoubtedly be attributed indirectly to 



* Annual report of the work of the Bureau of Customs during the fiscal 

 year 1911. 



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