THE SKIN BEETLES. 



1125 (3421). DERHESTES TAI.I-INIS Mann., I'.nll. Mosc., II, 1843, 257. 



Elongate. snbcylindrical. Thorax densely clothed with variegated hairs; 

 elytra black, clothed with dark bluish-gray, clay- yellow and black hairs; 

 antenna; fuscous ; femora with white rings at middle. Length 5.5-6.5 nun. 



Lawrence County; scarce. May 9. Known heretofore from 

 Idaho and Nevada, westward. Verified by IF. C. Fall. 



*112G ( 34l'S ) . 1 >KKMKSTKS vi i.i'i.Nis Fab., Spec. Ins., I, 17M. C.4. 



Elongate, submnvex. El.vlra piceons. uniformly and rather sparsely 

 elothed with a mixture of black and grayish-yellow hairs; last ventral seg- 

 ment brown with two white spots at base. Fourth ventral segment of male 

 with a median pit bearing a bunch of brown hairs. Length 6-9 mm. 



lake, Vigo. Putnam and Monroe counties; frequent. January 

 13-December 1"2. Hibernates. 



1127 (3424). DERMESTES PL-LCHER Lee., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VII. 



1854, 108. 



Oblong-oval, subdepressed. Head, thorax and basal fifth of elytra uni- 

 form pale reddish-brown; remainder of elytra black. Length G-0.5 mm. 



Marion County; scarce. Hibernates. March 20 December 11. 

 Taken from benealb bark of asli logs. 



*112S (3425). DERMESTES I.ARDARIUS Linn., Faun. Suec., 140. 



Elongate, moderately convex. Black or piceons ; 

 elytra with base marked as shown in Fig. 22:! ; under 

 surface and legs black with fine, sparse yellowish 

 pubescence. Thorax black with a few small isolated 

 tufts of yellowish pubescence, finely and densely punc- 

 tate. Length 6-7.5 mm. (Fig. 223.) 



Throughout, the ^tate ; frequent. February 

 7 July 21. This species, known as the "ham 

 beetle," the "larder beetle," etc., has been 

 widely distributed by commerce and is often a 

 household pest, especially where bacon and hams 

 are stored. It is said that they can be attracted 

 by baits of old cheese and then gathered and de- Buiifi N?'ser. Dfr. Ent.ji! 

 stroyed. Where a smoke-house or storeroom is 

 overrun with the beetle, its contents should be cleared out and the 

 room either sprayed with benxin^ or subjected to strong fumes 

 of bisulphide of carbon. Where a ham or other object is already 

 infested, the affected portion should be cut away and the surface 

 of the remainder washed with a very weak solution of carbolic 

 acid. If thereafter the windows are screened with fine wire gauze 

 and the doors kept tightly closed, the contents will probably be 

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