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norSEHOLD AND STOREHOUSE PESTS. 



Fig. 359. 



pupa form, and the perfect insect (Fig. o5i)c) emerges in nhout 

 three weeks. 



Fig. 859. — Rawhide Beetle and 

 Larva; a, the larva, enlarged — color, 

 brown ; 6, one of its hairs, enlarged ; 

 c, the beetle, enlarged — colors, black 

 and gray. 



Description of Beetle : Shape, ob- 

 long-oval ; color, dark-brown or black- 

 ish; on the base of the wing-cases is a 

 broad whitish or buff-colored band, on 

 which arc some l»rown or jjlack sjDots ; 

 the under side of the body is blackish, 

 and covered with a whitish-colored powder or scales ; length, 

 four lines ; width, about two lines. This species feeds also on 

 bacon, hams, etc. ; and several other species whieli belong to 

 the same family are very destructive to furs. 



Remedy. — Use No. 91. 



