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FAMILY TINEIDiE. 

 (Clothes Moths.) 



Tliese are tlie small cream motlis so familiar in 

 tlie house. The moths lay their eggs in woollen 

 material which is stored in dark places, such as 

 drawers, cupboards, or if just left hanging for 

 some time in wardrobes. Carpets, furs, and blan- 

 Ivcts are favourite materials for eggs to be de- 

 posited in, and cotton wool left in boxes of specimens 

 has been attacked. The larvae may make little 

 tunnels of the material and live in these, and later 

 on pupate in them. Other species move more 

 freely and carry a tunnel along with them. Others, 

 again, spin no tunnel, but just make a web-shelter 

 in wliich to pupate. 



''Moth balls" or naphthaline balls are effective 

 in keeping away moths. We have also found that 

 Avi'apping articles in newspaper or in unbleaclied 

 new calico is effective. A friend informed us that 

 for many years she has hung a small tin with a 

 perforated lid, after being filled with cotton wool 

 saturated with turpentine, in her wardrobe, and 

 it has been quite free from motlis. 



