Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . Sermuda Islands. Y8V dark bands at joints. Found by us in a dry calabash. The bodyexceeds the elytra, the latter are strongly sulcate, and each has twolow 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 andSouth America, Liberia, etc. Tenehrionids ; Meal-heetles ; Meal-worms, etc. « This group is represented by the universally diffused Meal-worm[Tenebrio molitor), lig. 157, and by several other species, amongwhich are Phaleria, test
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . Sermuda Islands. Y8V dark bands at joints. Found by us in a dry calabash. The bodyexceeds the elytra, the latter are strongly sulcate, and each has twolow 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 andSouth America, Liberia, etc. Tenehrionids ; Meal-heetles ; Meal-worms, etc. « This group is represented by the universally diffused Meal-worm[Tenebrio molitor), lig. 157, and by several other species, amongwhich are Phaleria, testacea Say, found under decaying rubbish onthe sea-shore, and Blapstinus tnetallicus (Fab.) Lee, found in similarplaces, but less common. The latter is ovate, shining bronzy black,with rows of j)unctate dots on the elytra; prothorax minutely punc-tate ; antennse slightly clavate. Length, 5™. A species of Ojyatrinus and Dialler is affinis also occur com-monly, according to Jones. Heilprin records Opatrimis aiithra-cimts, on the authority of Dr. Horn. 158 161.
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