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THE INSECTS OE NEW JERSEY. 
A. scrophularias Linn. The “carpet beetle,” known in the larval stage 
asTEe “Buffalo moth.” Adults hibernate and are common on flowers 
in spring; the larvae infest woolens chiefly. From stored clothing 
they can usually be kept with naphthaline; infested carpets should 
be removed and cleaned if possible and) the floors thoroughly 
scrubbed. If removal is not possible, drench with gasoline twice at 
intervals of ten days, or press the infested areas with a very hot flat¬ 
iron over a wet cloth so as to drive a steam through the texture. 
A. verbasci Linn. The common Museum pest, injuring dried animal and 
“ vegetable products of all kinds. In collctions naphthaline is used 
as a repellant. 
A. musaeorum Linn. Less common than the preceding and not injurious 
in "this” country. 
CRYPTORHOPALUM Guer. 
C. ruficorne Lee. Common on flowers in Ocean County. 
C. triste Lee. Throughout the State on flowers, spring and fall. 
ORPHILUS Er. 
O. niger Rossi, (glabratus Fab.) Not rare on flowers, g. d. 
Family HISTERIME. 
This family is recognizable by the usually short, chunky form, shining 
black color, the elytra squarely cut off behind so as to leave the end of the 
abdomen exposed. The legs are short, the tibiae broad and flat and fitted 
for digging. When disturbed, the beetles fold these legs so close to the 
body that they are practically invisible. The antennal club is short and 
rounded or capitate. The adult beetles are found in or under decaying 
Fig. 103 .—Hister arcuatus and H. bimaculatus; much enlarged. 
animal or vegetable matter, in excrement or in fungi. A few of them are 
more oblong and flattened, and these live under bark and generally in 
moist places. The larvae as a rule occur in similar situations. 
