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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The treatment recommended for the control of the Buffalo Carpet- 

 beetle will answer for the Black Carpet-beetle. 



Clothes-moths. — There are three species that are more or less 

 common, viz., the Case-bearing Clothes-moth ( Tinea pellionella) (Fig. 6), 





Fig. 6. — Case-bearing Clothes-moth, much magTiified. 



the Naked Clothes-moth (Tinea biselliella)^ and the Tube-building 

 Clothes-moth (Tinea tapttzella). The habits of the larvje of these three 

 species are quite characteristic, and their English names, as given above, 

 describe fairly well their mode of working. 



The adults of Clothes moths are tiny moths, not the large " millers " 

 that fly into our houses in the summer. 



As a rule, only those articles of wear are injured that are left undisturbed 

 for a time. Consequently clothes that are hung 

 away in closets should be taken out frequently 

 and beaten and exposed to the air out of doors 

 for a few hours. In the spring winter clothing, 

 furs, blankets, etc., should be well brushed and 

 aired, then stored away In paper bags or other 

 suitable pest-proof boxes, care being taken to 

 close tightly the mouths of the bags by the use 

 of paste. 



With upholstery it may be necessary occa- 

 sionally to spray carefully with benzine, and to 

 air for several hours. 



LARDER-bEETLES. — ( Dermestes lardarins) 

 (Fig. 7). These are dark-brown beetles, with a 

 lighter band across the base of the wing-covers. The Tarvre are dark 



Fig. 7. — Larder-beetle — a grub ; 



I) hair ; c beetle — all much 



magnified. 



