208 Forty-first Report on the State Museum. 



The synoptical characters given by Dr. LeConte, in his admirable 

 " Synopsis of the LampyridEe of the United States " ( Trans. Amer. Ent 

 Soc, ix, 1881, pp. 15-72), are the following: 



Prothorax longer than wide, opake yellow, with a broad, black, dor- 

 sal stripe, sides very narrowly margined; elytra with discoidal spot 

 sometimes extending nearly the entire length, sometimes wanting. 

 Length 8-11 mm., = .32-.44 inch. New York; Florida. 



Sitodrepa panicea (Linn.), 



As A Leathee-Beetle. 



(Ord. CoLEOPTERA : Fam. Ptinid^.) 



Der-mestes paniceus Linn. : Syst. Nat., ii, 1767, p. 56-i, No. 19. 



Fabr. : Syst. Ent., 1775, p. 57, U; Spec. Ins., i, 1781*, p. 



66, No. 18; Mant. Ins., i, 1787, p. 35, No. 22. 



Anobium ohesum S\Y : in Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci, Phil., v, 1825, p. 173; 



Compl. Writ, ii, 1883, p. 281. 



" " Melsheimer : in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., ii, 1844, p. 309. 



" " Glover : in Eept. Commis. Pat. for 1854, p. 72, pi. 5 (in 



wheat from Algeria). 

 " paniceum Hoiiiii : in Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., i, 1861, p. 29 (food and 

 pupation). 

 Sitodrepa panicea Glover : in Eept. Commis. Agr. for 1868, p. 98, fig. 152 

 (transformation, food, etc.) ; id. for 1870, p. 66 (tobacco, 

 etc., eaten). 

 LeConte : in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil, for 1865, p. 229. 

 Packard: Guide Stud. Ins., 1869, p. 470, fig. 440 of 



larva, p. 131 (parasitic [?] on humble bees). 

 Shimer: in Amer. Entomol., ii, 1870, p. 323, fig. 200 



(feeding habits). 

 Thomas : 6th Eept. Ins. 111. [1877], p. 122, fig. 12 (descrip- 

 tion, habits, etc.). 

 Saunders, W. E. : in Canad. Entomol., xv, 1883, p. 80 (a 



drug pest). 

 Hamilton : in Canad. Entomol., xv, 1883, p. 92 (a museum 



pest). ■ ■ 



Henshaw: List. Coleop. N. Amer., 1885, p. 83, No. 5267. 



An Insect Attack on Leather Reported. 

 A letter was received under date of May 10, 1887, from .the editor 

 of "Boots and. Shoes," — a weekly journal published in the city of New 

 York — stating: 



"One of our subscribers writes that he has had a lot of shoes ruined 

 by a small bug which burrows into the leather and deposits its eggs, 

 perforating the leather in all directions. He would like to know the 

 nature of this bug, and also how to prevent further ravages in his 



