Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges . here are other, yet smaller beetles found in similar situationsin less numbers, and these belong to allied families. They maybe brown, not more than one-sixteenth of an inch in length, withan oval body and narrow thorax, and then they are probablyspecies of Corticaria ; they may be of similar color, but with thethorax and body more nearly of a width, and then they maybelong to Atomaria or Cryptophagus; or they may be equallyminute but flattened, black, with red or yellow spot
Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges . here are other, yet smaller beetles found in similar situationsin less numbers, and these belong to allied families. They maybe brown, not more than one-sixteenth of an inch in length, withan oval body and narrow thorax, and then they are probablyspecies of Corticaria ; they may be of similar color, but with thethorax and body more nearly of a width, and then they maybelong to Atomaria or Cryptophagus; or they may be equallyminute but flattened, black, with red or yellow spots or bands onthe elytra, and then they probably belong to Litargus. All maybe treated as above suggested. We have a series of robust, small or moderate-sized beetles,usually broad but sometimes narrowly oval, with small retractedhead, slender, moderately long legs, capable of being so closelyfolded upon the breast as to be almost invisible, and with theunpleasant habit of feeding upon dried animal substances, suchas furs, skins, woollens, museum specimens, meats, and the like. 178 AN ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. Fig. The larder-beetle, Dermes-tes lardariits.—a, larva ; b, 2lsingle hair from larva ; c, adultbeetle. These belong to the family Dermestida;, which contains suchnuisances as the larder-beetles, carpet-beetles, and mu-seum-beetles. The elytra, which coverthe abdomen completely, are black orgray, usually ornamented with white orcolored scales, which sometimes formc^uite pretty markings. The larder-beetle, or bacon-beetle, Dermcstes lardarhis, is rathermore than one-fourth of an inch long,and easily recognizable by having the 11^/ffilill^iik ^ anterior half of the wing-covers paleC lifllBi I brown or yellowish, its livery else being jWmmim K q|- ^ sombre black or dark gray. The larva is nearly half an inch in length,rather narrow yet plump, and clothedwith rather dense, long, brown feeds on stored provisions of allkinds, on hides, skins, or other similar substan
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