Note 164 — CHAP. XII. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS—A COPIOUS LIST OF MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS. BY THE EDITOR.
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In the island of Senegal they do incredible mischief; they gnaw linen, sheets, wood, paper, books, and, in short, whatever comes in their way; they attack even the aloes, the bitterness of which keeps off all other insects. Adanson’s Voyage, p. 296.