'I'll!': SKIN i!i:i':'ri.Ki>. 



597 



'I'lir cxti'i'iiic iiill;iiiiiii;iliilil \ (if liciiziiic. ;iinl r\cii its \;ipiir. wlidi 

 (•(iiiliiit'd, shdiild 1)1' rciiir:iilicic(l iiinl lire (■.■ii-cl'ii My i:ii;i rdcd ;i'^;niisl. 

 Wtici'f Hie lliiors jirc poiii-ly const nicl'.'d ;iiid the cnicks ai'c wide it 

 will he ;i uood idr;i t<i till tlu' ci-iicks with |)l;i-;1fi- of |.;ifis in ;i rK|\li(l 

 stale; this will a I'lcfw ai'ds set and Icsscm the nnnilnT of liafhoriiiii" 

 places Tor the insec1>. Pxd'oi-e relavin^- Ihi' cai-pet tafred r;»olin<i- 

 |)apei- shouM be laid upon the llooc. at least ai'oiuid the ed<^'es. Iml 

 [)i-et'ei'al)l\ o\ei- the entire snrl'acc. and wlieM the car|)et is I'claid it 

 will I'c well lo lack it down iMtliei- liuiitl\'. so that it can lie occasion- 

 all\' lil'ted a; the edi^vs and examineil Tor the |)i-esence of the in- 

 sect. ' '* 



1i:'.T i:'.444ai. AxrnuK.M s inoHAtKis ISrelsJi.. Troc. IMiil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 

 II, IS 14. 1 IT. 

 l{eseinl)lcs tlie iirccediiiLr in I'orni imi suialler. 'I'lic rcddisli sutin'al 

 stripe is rarely present ; tlie lirsl and sccdiid ci-nssliai's of wliitc are wide, 

 merging on the sides only, oi- liinmulioiit tlicir entire extent, wlieii Iliey 

 form a wide snl)-l>asal or median cnissiiand. I'lider snrface covered willi 

 white scales. l.en.y;lli 12..") ;; mm. 



Pas(\v Comity; fari'. IJeaten I'roni t'owcrs of ('nihrgus. 'J'iiis 

 spoeies is placed as a sytnmyni of scroph idari'V by Jayno and Ileii- 

 sliaw. hilt is very distinct. It was descfihed from the "middle and 

 soutlieni States" 80 years before the lMn'o])eaii si)ecies was known 

 fi-oin the eastern rnit(Ml States. 



*llo8 (8445). AxTHRExrs VKKitAst i oliv., l^ntem.. I \'. 1T'.».~). 7. 



Ohlong-oval. m<Mlerately convex. Thorax hlack. the disk 

 sparsely clothed with y(>Ilow scales, the sides more denst'ly 

 with white ones; elytra black, with a large basal ring and 

 two transverse zigzag bauds of white scales, bordered b.\- 

 yellow (mes. Under surface clothed with line, long grayish- ^/i:^Vf^°. 

 yellow scales. Length 2-.". nun. (Fig. 22S. i J\?Nr_j 



^Marion. N'i^u'o and Knox comities, eommoii ; prob- ^.. ,.,j, ^^ 

 ably throuohout the State. February 12-Jmie IG. (Afier Glo^er.i 

 Occurs especiall\- on the tloweiN of the wheat-or corn-cockle. Lijch- 

 iiis (fifli(u/i) I.iini. It is also the most cojiinion and destructive of 

 niusemn pests, Ijeing especially injurious to skins of birds, mammals 

 and dried insects. Tf onc(> infested, the only remedy is a teaspoon- 

 ful or two of l)isulphi(h' oi' cai'hon poured into the boxes or drawers 

 eontainiiiii' the specimeiss. They slnndd then be closed as tiii'htly as 

 possible. XaiihlhaliiH- Hakes, k'ept in liberal (plant itie-; in or about 

 the cabinet, will disguise the odor of the dried insects and repel the 

 ])ests, but they ser\'e oidy as a pi'evental ive and not as a I'eiiiedy 



*-Princip.il Household Inlets of tlic V. S." in Bull No. 4, New Slt., l'. S. Div. KutoinoloKy, 1X9(1, 5'J-H!). 



