292 HOUSEHOLD INSECTS 



Pantries or storerooms once infested should be thor- 

 oughly cleaned, fumigated with sulfur, and washed with 

 ordinary kerosene oil. Special pains should be taken to 

 clean out all the cracks and wash them with the oil 

 because the puparia of the flies may often lurk in such 

 places. 



The flies may be kept out of rooms or receptacles by 

 using wire screen having 24 meshes to the inch. If these 

 pests are troublesome, the storeroom should be thoroughly 

 screened so that the flies cannot gain entrance. 



References to Economic Literature on the Cheese Skipper 



1870. Willard, A. — The cheese-fly. American Entomologist, 



Vol. 2, p. 78. 

 1880. Riley, C. V. — Skippers injuring smoked hams. American 



Entomologist, Vol. 3, p. 23. 



1892. Kellogg, V. L. — The ham fly. Transac. Kansas Acad, 

 of Science, Vol. XIII, p. 114. 



1893. Murtfeldt, Mary E. — The cheese or meat skipper. Insect 

 Life, Vol. 6, p. 170. 



1896. Howard, L. O. — The cheese skipper or ham skipper. Bull. 

 4, Bu. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agri., p. 102. 



1897. Lintner, J. A. — Piophila casei. Twelfth Rept. N. Y. 

 Ins., p. 229. 



See Lintner's Twelfth Report for further references. 



THE CIGARETTE BEETLE 



Lasioderma serricome 



The cigarette beetle is primarily a pest of tobacco in all 

 forms. It attacks cigarettes and cigars by boring holes 

 in them thus injuring them so that they will not draw. 

 The insect is becoming abundant in many of the tobacco 

 factories, warehouses, and stores in various parts of the 



