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with the disease, and that the cellars at Buckingham Palace are also 
infected.” 
The following insects besides the Cork Moth have since been 
found either to attack or to be present, living on the devastating 
insects in corks. 
The beetles or Coleoptera found are : — 
I. Rhizophagus bipustulatus, F. 
This has been found in corks brought from Burgundy. These 
beetles, of which there are sixteen European species, normally feed 
under the bark of trees and at sap, and mostly prey upon other 
larvae. Some species seem to feed upon fungi. I fancy the one 
recorded here as attacking corks (which is normally found under 
bark) was in the corks, either feeding upon the moth caterpillars (0. 
V-flava) or fungi that attack the cork. 
The larvae of this genus are depressed and the head is narrow. 
Head and prothorax are usually reddish and the other segments are 
reddish on their basal half, whitish on their apical half except the 
last segment, which is entirely ferruginous, and furnished on its upper 
surface with two tubercles. Behind, the last segment is divided into 
two lobes, each of which terminates in three strong teeth variously 
arranged in the different species ; on the upper side is a small anal 
appendage, which is used for progression. Most of these larvae 
apparently prey upon other larvae. 
The pupae are long and narrow, white in colour and have long 
silky hairs on the vertex and at the sides. 
II. Dennestes mdpinus (The Larder Beetle) 
Cork is frequently attacked by this species. A whole ship’s 
cargo was destroyed by vast numbers of this beetle and its larvae. 
III. Tenebrio moliter and T. obscurus (Mealworms). 
Both these beetles have been accused of devouring corks. 
IV. Mycetcea kirta, Marsh. 
This small beetle is common in cellars, especially old wine- 
cellars, where it feeds upon fungoid growths on the walls, etc. It is 
accused of attacks on corks in bottles. Its length is one-sixteenth of 
an inch, pale chestnut to reddish-brown, with rows of large deep 
punctures on the elytra, the whole surface is clothed with scanty 
long coarse hairs ; the thorax with the sides rounded, with a curved 
