The sun., 1897-02-07

A-The perfect insect
Ssss;ss:i S-s!s: si:T Si.@ Il =: Il ;;ss ;ss grub
E-Naturai sine OF the beetle.
ing anything out Of the way with II. But, want.
ing Tn transfer some tobacco from the box ~
same In TO their pocket pouches they had pulled
out considerable quantity of It upon 'apcr:
then one of them saw bits Of the tobacco NOV
g .n1 s,,sf .hos 10 seemed to- n
Then Q more careful examination showed that
throughout the tobacco were scattered little
grubs that evidently lived upon the tobacco.
These Rrubs. when disturbed, doubled them
selves up withI their heads and tail, close to-
for few minutes undoubled themselves and
began TO draw bits of the tobacco TO them and
Then the rest OF the tobacco was taken out of
the original box and examined. IL was also
found TO be full of tho worms Then another
the tobacco, also. and these. II seemed certain,
were the producers and also tho product OF tho
grub. .till more careful, re- eTamlnatdi9n dis.
chrysalis FORM OF tho same insect.
That these worms and beetles came with tho
tobacco from Turkey there Is reason to believe,
for among many dealers in tobacco who have
been asked about tho insect. none was found
rt no has "a eysr onnd 'her n american tobacco The to-
bacco in which IL WAS found was packed In a
close fitting tin box sealed with paper pasted
fast. There had not beon time for the Insects
TO develop to tho condition they were IN be-
tween tho time Of opening the box and the dis
ali OF tho hrst lot that zero found were sorted
out. Others have developed continuously. In
. sample OF the tobacco. only enough Tor ,. a
ONCE for a week. there ars dozen or more ac-
tive worms. one verv lively beetle, and one in
tobacco, when T. was packed in the orig ral
pox., was IN tho form OF long hne shayinss OF
tue Leaf; 1t cut by hand and and he %ne can ore rec
men who are frequently exhibited in the win
dows OF Turkish tobacco stores. The leaves
are spread out nat. one above another; until a
nile OF perhaps ono and IA half inches In thick
ness Is maze. Then-thls Is folded over twice,
Ing. s ,9T into sna ns p.es S by hand with
u broad knife When tho worms were hrst
found they had not eaten into the tobacco
enough materially. TO alter It's shredded an
oeIrance, but in the sample Just spoken OF they
have eaten through the shreds until now tho
The worms are about throe.s .sixteenths Of an
inch long, OF yellowis wi ite color. Their head
Is small hut armed with strong brown mahdi-
with the fiat mart beneath, and they have
twelve tegments back of their head. At
are four slender legs. These LEGS are not
strong enough 10 support the weight OF tho
surface the worm moves slowly by aiding its
weak legs with ITS rear seaments, which Il
along The beetle Is about olo-eighth Of an
inch long and h~lf as wide. 1t keeps itself
tims. hut when y, is disturbed II is very nc,
tive. IL H. ot light brown color all over
except Its little yes. These are sot wide apart
on either side Of its head. ana tAey are OF brill
| liant black. 1t has straight hair-like an-
! tennm. and does not look unlike n common
| maybug except TINT the upper shell OF its
| thorax has u wide projection, which gives
| II the appearance OF CARRYING u shield.
| In Phtudei phia discovered that some insect
| was attacking his stock CT hno Havana cigars.
They made their attack from the outside an
| parently, boring little holes into the body
= OF the cgars. and at the end OF these burrows
thousands Of dollars worth of darnaeS. =