TINEID^. 



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.'oollens and furs should be carefully shaken and examined 

 early m June. Dr Harris states that ''powdered black e^^ 

 pei stre a under the edge of carpets is said to repel n.oths 

 Sheets of paper sprinkled with spirits of turpentine, campho; 

 in coarse powder, leaves of tobacco, or shavings of Ru si" 

 leather, should be placed among the clothes when they a" 1 

 asH le for the summer; and furs and other small articles can\.o 

 kept by bemg sewed in bags with bits of camphor wood r d 

 cedar, or of Spanish cedar, while the cloth lining of carHa e 

 can be secured forever from the attacks of moths by b h" 

 washed or sponged on both sides with a solution of the cor ro! 

 sn. sublnnate of mercury in alcohol, made just strong enoug; 

 ^ot to leave a white stain on a black feather." The moths cnn 

 be most readily killed by pouring ben.ine among thenT 1^ 

 Its use must bo much restricted from the disagreeable odor 

 which remains, and c 



its inflammable na- 

 ture. The use of a 

 weak solution of car- 

 bolic acid is also rec- 

 ommended. Tinea 

 topetzella Linn., the 

 Carpet moth, is black- 

 ish at the base of the 

 fore wings, tho re- 

 mainder being yellow- 

 ish white, while the 



nnd wings are dark gray, and the head white 

 feeds on carpets, etc. 



Tinea granella Linn (V\o- <^ci . *. i . 

 witl, tl,e vin.,-, s,>re," „ , t T ? ""'' """ '^'"•'"««'' 



pupa, ..at,„J sben ci lT"l ^^^"''' '"' '"" *"'"8«' '^ *• 

 Sethe.. with a ;i"^„r ,'Gra-"' ^T^°'"'^"' '""'" '"• 



■iig the entrance with its castino-s, and after it hJt J ^ 



ti.e interior of one grain, unites oth r t e sio^o u "m 

 .t b.nds together ,y a flne web a n„n=b« of th". men 



Fig. 264 



The larva 



