Labrador, the country and the people . remained distinct or become so,through separation from one another. This interesting fact waspointed out by Mr. Schwarz some years ago. Another Labrador beetle quite generally distributed in Europe,Asia, and America, through commerce, is the bacon beetle{Dermestes lardarius Linn., Fig. 24). The beetleis about one-third of an inch long and brown-ish black, with a yellow band extending acrossthe front of the wing cases. Its larva lives onpreserved anim^al food products, such as hams,bacon, old cheese, and in dried skins, hair, last two of Mr. Joutel
Labrador, the country and the people . remained distinct or become so,through separation from one another. This interesting fact waspointed out by Mr. Schwarz some years ago. Another Labrador beetle quite generally distributed in Europe,Asia, and America, through commerce, is the bacon beetle{Dermestes lardarius Linn., Fig. 24). The beetleis about one-third of an inch long and brown-ish black, with a yellow band extending acrossthe front of the wing cases. Its larva lives onpreserved anim^al food products, such as hams,bacon, old cheese, and in dried skins, hair, last two of Mr. Joutels figures representtwo members of the family of these beetles are quite large, and havevery long antennae, or feelers, like the otherspecies of this family. Criocephalus agrestis Kirby (Fig. 25) is along, narrow, brownish beetle varying consid-erably in size, with two or three curious depres-sions in the thorax, and two longitudinal ridges extending alongeach wing case. The species is found generally in the northern. Fig. lardarius 446 APPENDIX I
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