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TARGIONI-TOZZETTI, A. 
1891. Animali ed insetti del tapetedo in erba e del tabacco secco. 346 
p., 100 fig. Firenze-Roma. 
Pages 89-91, fig. 38: Gives synonymy and describes and figures 
larva and adult of the tobacco beetle (Lasioderma serricorne): 
Gives an account of the distribution and concludes that its original 
home may be America. 
RIPE YC. Ve 
1892. Lasioderma serricorne. Jn Sci. Amer., v. 66, no. 2, p. 21. 
Gives an account of the cigarette beetle. Gives steaming as 
best means for killing larve and eggs. 
SmitTH, J. B. ; 
1893. Notes on some ptinid pests. Jn Ent. News, v. 4, no. 10, p. 325-828. 
4 fig. 
Species compared with the drug-store beetle, Sitodrepa panicea. 
Original figures of both species given with a description of their 
characters. 
RitEey, C. V., and Howagp, L. O. 
1893. On remedies for the ‘“ cigarette beetle.” Im U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. 
Ent. Insect Life, v. 5, no. 3, p. 198. 
KELLICOTT, D: S: 
1894. Some museum and granary pests. Jn Jour. Columbus Hort. Soc., 
SY alt) 105. aa 
Mention among museum and granary pests. 
HopxKIns, A. D., and RuMSEy, W. E. 
1896. Practical entomology. West Va. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 44, p. 
245-324. 
Page 307: Brief notes on cigarette beetle and remedies. List 
of food substances given. 
SMITH, J. B. 
1896. Economic entomology. 481 p., 483 fig. Philadelphia. 
Pages 193-194, Hes 181-182: The tobacco or cigarette beetle—. 
a general account of the insect. 
CHITTENDEN, F. H. 
1896. Insects affecting cereals and other dry vegetable foods. Jn U.S. 
Dept. Agr. Div. Ent. Bul. 4 (new ser.), p. 112-181. 
Pages 126-127: The cigarette beetle. List of products affected 
by the tobacco beetle. 
BORDAGE, EDMUND. 
1897. Sur deux See In Revue Agricole . . . de ?Ile Maurice, 
Vd. 28-283. : 
An sae of the beetle having been found for the first time 
in tobacco in Paris in 1848 by M. Planche, inspector of tobacco 
factories. Gives list of food substances. Mentions injury to silk 
and plush hangings. [Reference not corroborated. ]° 
KIESENWETTER, V. von, and SEIDLITZ, GEORGE, ed. 
Naturgeschichte der insecten Deutschlands, v. 5, Halfte 1. Berlin. 
Pages 150-151: Lasioderma testacea. Description, synonymy. 
Mentions species as probably native to America. Found most com- 
monly in tobacco in Hamburg, Berlin, and Leipzig. Spread by com- 
merce to large part of Europe, especially to Germany. ; 
QUAINTANCE, A. L. 
1898. Insect enemies of tobacco in Florida. Fla. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 
48, p. 155-188, 16 fig. 
Pages 175-178: Cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne Fab.). 
Notes on occurrence and damage to tobacco. Gives an account of 
food habits and describes method of treatment with carbon disulphid. 
