338 HOUSEHOLD AND STOREHOUSE PESTS. 



The pupa varies in color from pale green to yellowish, or 

 ash-gray ; at the anterior end are two ear-like projections, and 

 there is a smaller projection on the back of the thorax. 



The butterfly (Fig. 345) expands from three inches and six 

 lines to four inches, is of a black color, with two rows of yel- 

 low spots near the outer edge of the wings ; the hind wings 

 are tailed, and arc marked with several blue spots, while above 

 the angle near each tail is an orange spot centered with black. 



Remedies. — Same as recommended in Chapter CCXIX. 



HOUSEHOLD AND STORHHOUSE PESTS. 



criAT. 



The Clothes Moth iTitwa fiarifrontella).. .235 \ The Grain Weevil (Crti«w/r« yranaria). . .240 



The Carpet Beetle (Anthreiius gcrophu- | The Angoumous Grain Moth (Gclechia 



lariiv) 236 I cerealella) 241 



The Cockroach {Blatta i/ernunu-a) 237 The Bran and Flour Bugs (Silranui' ■jiiad- 



The Mos(|uito (Ctdnx) 238 | riruHin and .S. mriii'iiiii'nd--<) 242 



The Dried Fruit Moth 289 | The Raw-hide Beetle(I»en(ic>/<'>/arrfflnK>).243 



CHAPTER CCXXXV. 



The Clothes Moth. (Cal.) 



( Tinea fiarifrontdhi. — Ijiniuvus.) 



Order, Lkpidoptkk'A ; Family. Tinkid.e. 



[Iviving in silken tubes on cavjtcts, woolen goods, etc.; a 

 small, pale, sixteen-legged worm.] p. ^ .^^ 



Fig. 340.— Clothes Moth— color, hglit bull; T y 



The perfect insect (Fig. 840) is a small motli or ^^|^^?i 

 miller, of a uniform light buff" color ; the wings are /irp^ 

 long and narrow, with the most delicate fringe of silken hairs. 



