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Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July,  1893. 
of  punctures  on  wing  covers,  body  above  and  below  covered  with 
fine  hairs.  This  insect  is  known  as  Nicobium  hirtum  (see  Figs.  4. 
and  g  for  adult  and  larva).  When  the  insect  is  disturbed,  it  feigns 
death,*but  soon  resumes  activity  and  seeks  a  hiding  place.  This 
insect,  as  far  as  we  have  been  able  to  observe,  is  one  of  the  worst 
of  insect  drug  pests.  A  small  box  of  pulverized  capsicum  from 
D.  S.  Morgan,  Jersey  City,  also  one  from  J.  M.  Foy,  Worcester, 
Mass.,  contained  both  the  adult  and  larvae  of  this  brown  beetle. 
Upon  examining  some  drugs  in  stock  in  the  University's  Depart- 
