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proceeding to detailed descriptions and classification. For the Anobiid type 
Anobium domesticum, Foure., may be taken, and for the Lyctid type Lyctus 
brunneus, Steph. 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LARVA OF ANOBIUM DOMESTICUM (FouRC.). 
In general appearance this larva is a curved, white, fleshy grub with 
wrinkled body, well-marked yellowish head, and three pairs of thoracic 
legs. The whole of the body is clothed with fine hairs (Fig. 1). The larva 
Larva of Anobiwm domesticum, side view. 
h. Head. sp. Spiracle. 
a.  Pro-thorax. p. Foot. 
b. Meso-thorax. k. Hypo-pleural fold. 
c. Meta-thorax. l. Epi-pleural fold. 
mp. Maxillary palps. g. Prescutal fold. 
m, Pedal fold, f. Secutellar fold. 
is made up of fourteen segments including the head which forms the first 
segment, the next three segments form the thorax, and the remaining ten 
the abdomen. | 
The 8th and 9th abdominal segments are larger than the others. The 
10th consists of three lobes surrounding the anus. Each of the first 
eight abdominal segments bears a pair of spiracles, as also does the first 
thoracic. The pro-thoracic spiracles are slightly larger than those on the 
