. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. V8V A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. •ST 5 dark bands at joints. Found by us in a dry calabash. The body exceeds the elytra, the latter are strongly sulcate, and each has two low subbasal bosses. It infests not only the coffee-bean, but also cocoa-beans; mace, etc. It occurs in the southern United States, West Indies, Central and South America, Liberia, etc
. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. V8V A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. •ST 5 dark bands at joints. Found by us in a dry calabash. The body exceeds the elytra, the latter are strongly sulcate, and each has two low subbasal bosses. It infests not only the coffee-bean, but also cocoa-beans; mace, etc. It occurs in the southern United States, West Indies, Central and South America, Liberia, etc. Tenehrionids; Meal-beetles ; Meal-xoorms^ etc. This group is represented by the universally diffused Meal-worm [Tenebrio molitor), fig. 157, and by several other species, among which are Phaleria testacea Say, found under decaying rubbish on the sea-shore, and JBlapstinus metallicus (Fab.) Lee, found in similar places, but less common. The latter is ovate, shining bronzy black, with rows of punctate dots on the elytra; prothorax minutely punc- tate ; antennae slightly clavate. Length, 5"^™. A species of Opatrinus and Diaperis affinis also occur com- monly, according to Jones. Heilprin records Opatrinus anthra- ciniis, on the authority of Dr. Horn. 158 161. Figure 158.—Flour-beetle (Tribolium confusum); a, imago, x9; b, larva, x9 ; c, pupa, x7; d, abdominal tubercle, much enlarged; e, antenna ; /, Rusty Flour-beetle {T. femigineum), antenna, much enlarged; after Chittenden. 161.—Flour-beetle (St7'uajins Surinamensis) ; c, imago ; d, larva, x 12 ; 161, from Webster's International Dictionary ; after Chittenden. Flour Beetle. {Tribolium confusum Duv.) Figure 158. Several small beetles occur here in imported flour and meal. One seems to be this species, which is often very injurious to flour and other prepared cereal foods in the United States, often doing much damage. The beetle is brown; 3 to 4'"™ long, with the body flat- tened, and the sides of the head
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