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merchandise. They are well known in England and elsewhere in 
Europe where they have been introduced, and they are liable to intro- 
duction into this country; if indeed, as seems probable, some of them 
are not already with us. 
Uphestia ficulella Barr. — Of these species the present one may appro- 
priately be mentioned first. It has not yet been placed on our lists, but 
there is a published record of its introduction with cahiritella at Lynn, 
England, in cotton cake shipped from Galveston Tex. (Ent. Mo. Mag., 
Vol. XX, p. 258). It receives its name from its depredations upon 
dried figs (Ficus) and is also partial to currants. This is the species 
mentioned on pages 141 and 350, Vol. V of Insect Life, as occurring in 
oatmeal at Kingston, Jamaica, desuetella Walk, being considered a some- 
what doubtful synonym. 
Ephestia calidella Gn. is another species of this genus that feeds on 
dried figs, raisins, and currants. 
Ephestia (?) sp. — The larva of a phycitid resembling Ephestia, but 
differing from any known to me, was found by Mr. C. L. Marlatt, of this 
division, in pressed figs in this city, November 21, 1895, but unfortu- 
nately the adult moth could not be reared. 
Certain other species of Ephestia, in addition to those mentioned 
above, have been described, and as they have been said to have similar 
habits, it may save trouble to state that of these semirufa Haw. and 
roxburghii Gregs. are now recognized as being synonymous with elutella, 
while ficella Dgl. and xanthotricha Staud. occupy the same relation 
toward calidella. 
Myelois ceratonice Zell. is without much doubt the species taken at 
the Columbian Exposition in a box containing the seed pods of St. 
John's bread (Ceratoma siliqua) exhibited by the Spanish colonies. It 
derives its name from its habit of feeding upon this plant and is known 
also to attack dried dates. 
A galleriid moth should be mentioned in this connection, viz, Cor- 
cyra cephalonica Stn., which occurs in fruit warehouses in Europe, living 
on dried currants. 
NOTES ON GRAIN BEETLES OF THE GENUS SILVANUS. 
SlLVANUS BICORNIS Er. 
Our common saw-toothed grain beetle, Silvanus surinamensis Linn., 
was first described nearly a century and a half ago. Ninety years 
later, in 1848, W. F. Erichson separated it from another species which 
he described as bicornis. From that time till the present the validity 
of this species has been questioned. Without entering upon a discus- 
sion of the subject it may suffice to say that Erichson's bicornis has 
been, and perhaps still is, regarded by certain writers as the male of 
surinamensis. However that may be, M. F. Guillebeau considers it a 
good species (Eevue d'Entomologie, Vol. IX, p. 221), and quite recently 
