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general idea that the immature stages of insects are 

 much more subject to the effects of varying degrees of 

 temperature than of even and continuous temperatures. 

 In the light of these experiments, it is suggested that 

 cold storage companies subject the goods in their care to 

 low temperatures for a few days and then allow them to 

 rest for a few days at higher temperatures, followed again 

 by cold. Such variations of temperature would actually 

 kill all the moths and larva? that might be hiding among 

 the goods, after which they could be stored at a uniform 

 temperature of 40 degrees with perfect safety. 



References to Economic Literature on the Clothes Moths 



1771. Kalm, Peter. — Travels into North America, etc. (3d. ed.) 



(translated by J. R. Foster), Vol. II, p. 8. 

 1882. Fernald, C. H. — Clothes moths. Can. Ent., Vol. XIV, 



pp. 166-169. 

 1890. Riley, C. V. — Some insect pests of the household. Insect 



Life, Vol. II, pp. 211-215. 

 1893. Fletcher, James. — Clothes moths. 23d Ann. Rept. Ent. 



Soc. Ont., pp. 53-58. 



1895. Comstock, J. H. — The clothes-moths. Manual for the 

 study of insects, p. 257. 



1896. Butler, E. A. — Our household insects, pp. 89-102. 

 1896. Howard, L. O. — Some temperature effects on household 



insects. Bull. 6, n.s., Bu. Ent., Dept. Agri., pp. 13-17. 

 1896. Marlatt, C. L. — The principal household insects of the 



United States. Bull. 4, n.s., Bu. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agri., pp. 



63-69. 

 1900. Howard, L. O. — A new clothes moth remedy. Bull. 22, 



n.s., Bu. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agri., p. 106. 

 1908. Marlatt, C. L. — The true clothes moths. Circ. 36. s.s., 



Bu. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agri., pp. 1-8. 

 1910. Washburn, F. L. — The clothes moth. 13th Rept. State 



Ent. Minn., pp. 81-83. 



