Excerpt from The Mediterranean Flour Moth (Ephesia Kuehniella Zell;) In Europe and America: Appendix to the Nineteenth Report of the State Entomologist of Illinois The following article by Mr. Johnson, one of the entomological assistants of the State Laboratory of Natural History, detailed for service in the office of the State Entomologist, contains in part results of work done by him as a graduate student of Stanford University before his connection with this institution, and written up as a thesis for the master's degree. Much of his time has been given to the subject, however, since his engagement here, and a large part of the present paper is based upon results of this later work. Although the Mediterranean flour moth has not yet been found to infest any mills in this State, its distribution in our vicinity makes it practically certain that it will eventually appear within our limits, and a comprehensive article on it is consequently even more timely than it would be if withheld until after the threatened invasion were an accomplished fact. It is of great consequence to every miller that he should be not only forewarned of his liability to serious annoyance and heavy loss by the work of this worst of the pests of the flouring mill, but that he should also be thoroughly forearmed with information as to the signs of its presence, the characteristics by which it may be unmistakably recognized, and the measures of prevention and destruction to be used against it. I have gladly availed myself, therefore, of this opportunity to put the millers of this State and of the country in possession of the essential facts, and to have compiled for the benefit of the working entomologist a complete review of the history and results of previous studies of this insect pest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.