﻿[17] 
  The 
  New 
  Caepet-Bug 
  — 
  Antheenus 
  sceophularije. 
  129 
  

  

  its 
  sutural 
  line 
  being 
  white 
  instead 
  of 
  red 
  ; 
  but 
  that 
  in 
  all 
  prob- 
  

   ability 
  it 
  should 
  only 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  

   species. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Le 
  Conte 
  suggests 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  imported 
  into 
  

   California 
  from 
  Southern 
  Europe 
  during 
  the 
  Spanish 
  occupa- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  that 
  country. 
  The 
  eastern 
  invasion 
  bf 
  the 
  insect, 
  he 
  

   believes 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  through 
  the 
  impor- 
  

   tation 
  of 
  carpets 
  at 
  New- 
  York. 
  

  

  The 
  accompanying 
  figures, 
  very 
  faithfully 
  drawn 
  by 
  Prof. 
  

   Riley, 
  represent 
  A. 
  scrophularice 
  in 
  three 
  of 
  its 
  stages, 
  viz., 
  

   a 
  the 
  larva, 
  c 
  the 
  pupa, 
  and 
  d 
  the 
  imago 
  or 
  beetle. 
  At 
  Z>, 
  the 
  

   skin 
  of 
  the 
  larva, 
  after 
  the 
  beetle 
  has 
  emerged 
  from 
  the 
  fissure 
  

   on 
  the 
  back, 
  is 
  shown. 
  The 
  figures 
  are 
  enlarged 
  — 
  the 
  lines 
  

   beside 
  them 
  representing 
  the 
  natural 
  size. 
  

  

  The 
  larva 
  — 
  the 
  form 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  usually 
  found 
  when 
  

   pursuing 
  its 
  ravages 
  beneath 
  the 
  carpets 
  — 
  measures, 
  at 
  matur- 
  

   ity, 
  about 
  three-sixteenths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length. 
  A 
  number 
  

   of 
  hairs 
  radiate 
  from 
  its 
  last 
  segment 
  in 
  nearly 
  a 
  semicircle, 
  

   but 
  are 
  more 
  thickly 
  clustered 
  in 
  line 
  with 
  the 
  body, 
  forming 
  

   a 
  tail-like 
  projection 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body 
  : 
  this 
  term- 
  

   inal 
  pencil 
  of 
  hairs 
  is 
  not 
  shown 
  in 
  its 
  full 
  extent 
  in 
  the 
  figure, 
  

   doubtless 
  taken 
  from 
  an 
  immature 
  individual. 
  The 
  entire 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  insect, 
  including 
  the 
  pencil 
  of 
  hairs, 
  is, 
  in 
  the 
  

   largest 
  specimens, 
  nearly 
  three-eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch. 
  Meas- 
  

   ured 
  across 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  the 
  lateral 
  hairs, 
  its 
  breadth 
  

   just 
  equals 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  body. 
  An 
  ordinary 
  magnifier 
  

   will 
  show 
  the 
  front 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  where 
  no 
  distinct 
  head 
  is 
  

   to 
  be 
  seen, 
  thickly 
  set 
  with 
  short 
  brown 
  hairs, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  longer 
  

   ones. 
  Similar 
  short 
  hairs 
  clothe 
  the 
  body 
  — 
  somewhat 
  longer 
  

   on 
  the 
  sides, 
  where 
  they 
  tend 
  to 
  form 
  small 
  tufts. 
  Towards 
  

   the 
  hinder 
  end 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  three 
  longer 
  tufts 
  

   (thrice 
  as 
  long) 
  projecting 
  laterally 
  ; 
  but 
  these 
  are 
  not 
  always 
  

  

  