Reports to various Correspondents. 97 



cloth of the furniture with benzine and soaking the parts where the 

 larvae are with the same every now and then. The benzine if good 

 will do no harm to tapestry, but you must not put it on polished 

 woodwork as it removes the polish.* The benzine will keep the 

 moths off for some time. For furs and fabrics in drawers and boxes 

 naphthalene (lumps) put with the objects will keep the moth off. 

 Furs, etc., shuuld be frequently shaken and exposed to sunlight in 

 May and June. 



" Nothing but fumigating the rooms with sulphur, or bisulphide 

 of carbon, will destroy the moths. Tlie former will damage the gilt 

 ot picture frames, etc., and metal work ; the latter is highly 

 inflammable and must be used with care. 1 should advise in your 

 case the use of benzine, which you can obtain from any chemists." 



The Household Mite. 



( Glyci'phafjUH dovi esticua. ) 



This pest (Fig. 21) referred to in the First Eeport (p. 120) and 

 the allied G, spinijMs, seem to be widely distributed both in 

 private houses and warehouses. A correspondent living at Kensington 



Pig. 21. — household mites. 



A, (ilyciphagus dnmesticus, De Geer. B, G. spinipes, Koch. 



(After Albeit Miehael.) 



Crescent, W., came to tlie Museum for information concerning this 

 pest, which had been introduced into his house in some rush-bottom 



* Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse tells me good benzine will not harm French polish. 



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