266 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



BYTURUS Latr. 



B. unicolor Say. Throughout the State, adult in flowers; larva a whit- 

 ish maggot in fruits, chiefly of raspberry; the one exception in our 

 fauna to the feeding habits detailed in the opening paragraph. 

 Sometimes this genus is made the type of a distinct family. 



DERMESTES Linn. 



D. caninus Germ. Throughout the State V, VII, IX, under dead animals, 

 sometimes rather common; not usually in houses. 



D. lardarius Linn. The "larder beetle," common throughout the State, 

 often on stored provisions. Kill the beetles and larvae whenever 

 seen, keep provisions in tight or screened receptacles, and, where 

 the insects are abundant, trap them on easily accessible scraps. 



D. vulpinus Fab. Throughout the State under old bones and dried car- 

 casses; also in skins and leather, hence known to manufacturers as 

 the "leather beetle"; gasoline and carbon disulphide may be used. 



D. frischii Kug. Riverton IV, Burlington Co. VI (GG) ; seashore (Li); 

 Brigantine Beach IX (Hn) ; locally not rare; but not a troublesome 

 form. 



ATTAGENUS Latr. 



A. piceus Oliv. Throughout the State, common; the "black carpet 

 beetle." Also said to attack cereals and other seeds. Gasoline and 

 carbon disulphide are used for their destruction, and naphthaline 

 may be used as a repellant. 



TROGODERMA Latr. 

 T. ornatum Say. Caldwell (Cr) ; Orange Mts. VI, 9, on flowers (Bf). 



T. tarsale Mels. Throughout the State. "Sometimes injurious to cere- 

 als and other seeds, to cayenne pepper, and very troublesome in 

 collections of insects or other objects of natural history" (Ch). 







ANTHRENUS Geoffr. 



Fig. 1 02. The carpet beetle, Anthrenus scrophularicc : a, larva; b, pupa formed 

 in larval skin; c, pupa; d, adult; all much enlarged. 



