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  2. The More Important Insects Injurious to Stored Grain.

    As Australian produce merchants, millers, and farmers often suffer serious loss from insect at tacks on stored grain, the following particulars about these destructive pests, which were ...

    Article : 289 words
  3. THE INDIAN MEAL MOTH.

    A phycitid moth, allied to the preceding, and known as the Indian meal moth, is widely distributed, and injurious to a great variety of edibles. It is nearly omnivorous, feeding on grain and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 303 words
  4. NATURE AND EXTENT OF DAMAGE.

    In addition to the loss in weight occasioned by these insects, grain infested by them is unfit for human consumption, and has been known to cause serious illness. Nor is such grain ...

    Article : 204 words
  5. THE ANGOUMOIS GRAIN MOTH.

    The Angoumois grain moth derives its name from the province of Angoumois, France, where it is said to have been injurious for nearly a century and a half. It probably originated, with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 782 words
  6. THE MEDITERRANEAN FLOUR MOTH.

    This scourge of the flour mill, as it is called, has attracted much attention of recent years, and has been the subject of many articles and bulletins. Until the year 1877, when the moth ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 662 words
  7. THE MEAL SNOUT-MOTH.

    A moth belonging to the family Pyralidae often occurs in barns and other buildings wherever farinaceous products are housed. In Europe, where it is known as the "meal moth," it has ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 182 words
  8. THE GRANARY WEEVIL.

    The granary weevil is the "curculio" and "weevil" of early writings, and in the Georgies of Virgil there is evidence that the insect and its ravages were known before the Christian era. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 332 words
  9. THE WOLF MOTH.

    Still another moth, known as the wolf moth or little grain moth, does considerable injury to stored cereals in Eurpe; but as it is not particularly destructive in America, requires only ...

    Article : 145 words
  10. Germination of the Brazil Nut.

    In a recent issue of the "Annals of Botany," Mr. Watson describes the germination of the [?]bryo plants in this species. The fruit, as is well known, is a globular, woody fruit, with an ...

    Article : 188 words
  11. THE RICE WEEVIL.

    The rice weevil derives both its popular and Latin name from rice (Oryza), in which it was first found by its discoverer. It is conceded to have originated in India, whence it has been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 276 words
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