THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
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received from my lynx-eyed friend Herr H. Knecht, of the 
same city, he tells me that he can now get this species in any 
quantity at Basle. It is well known that this species of 
Anthribidae feeds in the larval state on raw coffee-berries; 
hence its introduction and capture in commercial emporia on 
the coasts of different continents need cause little surprise; 
but the two facts here recorded illustrate once more the 
indubitable axiom that insects living on merchandise are 
spread chiefly along the main trade-route, and become 
acclimatised along their whole course, Basle being one of 
the chief markets where Central Europe stores and disposes 
of the purchases derived from Mediterranean and Atlantic 
ports.” 
Tribolium ferrugineum in Ground-nuts. —Mr. Muller read 
the following note. “In the summer of 1863 a cargo of 
ground-nuts (Arachis hypogsea) arrived in the port of London 
direct from Sierra Leone. On arrival the usual samples were 
drawn, when it turned out that the husks were riddled by 
countless holes, while the kernels were half eaten up by 
myriads of larvae and imagines of Tribolium ferrugineum. 
So completely had they done their noisome work that in the 
numerous samples examined scarcely an intact kernel could 
be found. If a nut was opened the whole interior was often 
found to be converted into a living conglomerate of larvae, 
pupae and imagines of Tribolium, accompanied by the larvae 
and perfect insects of a Rhizophagus preying on the former, 
the whole mass being wrapped up in a layer of cast-skins and 
excrement. As no purchaser could be found, owing to the 
deplorable state of the cargo, the work of destruction con¬ 
tinued through the months of August, September and 
October, the owners being unwilling to take a considerably 
lower price than had been calculated upon : a fresh proof 
how the marketable value of an article can become reduced 
through delay and ignorance on the part of its owner.” 
Proceedings of the South London Entomological Societg. 
The half-yearly meeting of the above Society was held on 
Thursday, June 19th, 1873, at 104, Westminster Bridge 
Road. The report stated that the number of members had 
increased to seventy-six, and thankfully acknowledged dona¬ 
tions of books from Edward Newman, Esq., and Henry 
