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The Buffalo Carpet Beetle (see Fig 31) has spread largely during the past summer, and 

 now occurs as a household pest not only in western Ontario, but as far east as Ottawa. In 

 the Province of Quebec it is found in the eastern townships, and in Nova Scotia there is 

 another colony in the Annapolis valley. Housekeepers should use every effort on its first 

 appearance to clear this destructive insect out of their houses. Carpets should be taken up 

 and beaten thoroughly out of doors, the floors mopped with scalding Avater, and, before repla- 

 cing the carpets, strips of tarred paper should be placed round the edges of rooms. All cracks 

 in the floors after brushing out thoroughly should be sprayed or sprinkled with gasoline. Any- 

 one sufl"ering from the presence of this pest will do well to look up the articles which have 

 appeared upon this subject in our reports, or I shall be pleased to give full particulars as to 

 treatment to anyone who will apply to me on this subject, or concerning any other injurious 

 insects. 



An allied insect Attagenus pellio has also been reared from larvie which were destroying 

 carpets at Wolfville, N.S., and which were kindly forwarded to me by Mrs. M. G. DeWolfe. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL RECORD, 1902. 

 By Dr. James Fletcher, Ottawa. 



Since the appearance of the Entomological Record of 1901, many letters have been received, 

 not only from Canadian students, but also from specialists in the United States, testifying to 

 its value for the purposes for which it was prepared, viz. (1) to give the names and addresses 

 of Canadian workers in the various orders of insects and of specialists who will help others 

 working at the same subjects ; (2) to record species not previously published as occurring in 

 Canada ; (3) to give exact data as to the distribution of species, together with dates when cer- 

 tain insects have been captured, so that places may be visited and desirable species sought for at 

 the time and place where they are known to have occurred : (4) to draw attention to works of 

 particular Value in the diflFerent departments of Entomology ; and (5) to place on record any- 

 thin'4 which it is thought will affect the progress of the study of the insects of the Dominion. 



>. great many notes of captures have been received, and, from these, selections have been 

 made for mention of such species as, in the opinion of the writer, seemed worthy of recording. 

 Great care has been exercised in endeavoring to arrive at correct determinations, and some 

 species which have been reported have been for the present omitted until further light has been 

 received 



One gratifying feature has been very marked, viz. the encouragement which hats been aftorded 

 to beginners and collectors living in isolated or distant localities, from bringing them into cor- 

 respondence with specialis's elsewhere, concerning interesting species which they have been 

 fortunate enough to take. Asa consec^uence, a considerable amount of exchanging has been 

 arranged during the past year, which has been mutually advantageous to those concerned. 

 Some species which were generally thought to be exceedingly rare, have proved, by references 

 in last year's Entomological Record, to be merely species with restricted localities, which may 

 occur in some abundance in those localities, easily obtained by those living there and supply- 

 ing them with a valuable means of obtaining from others many species to them more desirable 

 in exchange. I find from my correspondents that there has been a most gratifying increase in 

 their correspondence concerning Canadian insects. In this way, many students who would never 

 have known of each other's existence, have been brought together, and there has been a conse- 

 ((ucnt increase in the knowledge of Canadian insects and their distribution. Some have ex- 

 pressed their appreciation of the fact that they now feel that they can do effective work as 

 factors in one large system with a definite end in view- This feeling has induced a few to ask 



