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In 1867 Eichhoff described Xyleborus affinis from Cuba, South 
America, &c., without identifying it with Wollaston's Tomicus per- 
foror "but his v very full account of both sexes enables € identification to 
be made v with certainty when Wollaston’ s types are examined. Thisis an 
ly of Eichhoff's ires descriptions | 
perseverara necessary, when one “undertakes — work one 
EM further reports and observations have ‘been made on the 
pecies estem ig rat the Entomological Society of Teada and 
"ivthere e D and the species attacking barrels in India was rightly 
identified with Wollaston’s T. perforans from Madeira, by Mr. C. O. 
Msi Dome (9)- 


et RECENT ATTACKS. 
“The shot- borer: came under notice as a destro oyer er of sugar-cane in the .. 
ints ies early in 1890, when Mr. H. pert da amd v e 

Chilo saccharalis, F en identified it wi X E 
affinis, in piney opinion Mr. Waterhouse Mihi Thi is. name, there- . 
snp cp as k as a synonym of X. perfora 
hortly aaow Mr. Quelch, of the Mon, Georgetown, sent 
Nianples to the British Museum, as destructive : 
answer to an inquiry, he informed me that the Beni came fork 
. Surinam, and that further information could not be obtained. 
. — In the winter of 1891 and the spring of 1892 the attacks of the insect 
became so serious that numerous specimens of the beetles and of injured 
canes, with much information, were forwarded to the Royal RSS; 
Kew, from Barbados, Trinidad, and Grenada. : 
I ident ified the specimens sent as X. pn Woll., and did the 
same for Canon Fowler, secretary of the Entomological Society of. 




ince that time there has been much attention paid to this. beetle. Tu 
Tapes and in a year or so its economy will probably be — 
thoroughly understood. "e 
Specimens. sent to Prof. niy, of Washington, U.S.A., were named 
im rus pubescens, Zimm. (26). 
H this Mentification i is correct, as is no doubt the case, this name also 



7. pubescens as burrowing into a pine-tree, and though it is el Se ces = 
or i Sa Seka k bend to attack both conifers and dec iduou us trees, yet —— 

