INJURIOUS INSECTS. 



Anthrenus scrophulariae (Linn): Attagenus piceus (Oliv.). 



Two Carpet Beetles, 

 (Old. Coleoptera: Fam, Debmestid^..) 



LlNN^us: Faun. Suec, 1761, p. 429 (Dermesfes); Syst. Nat., 1767, i, pars ii, p. 

 568. 1 {Byrrhus). 



Fabricius: Syst. Ent„ 1775, p. 61. 2; Spec. Ins., i, 1781, p. 70. 2; Mant. Ins., i, 

 1787, p. 39. 2 (Dermestes); Syst. Eleuth., 1801, p. 107. 



Lamarck: Hist. Nat. An. Sans. "Vert., iv, 1835, p. 724. 



MELSHEiirER: in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., ii, 1844, p. 117 (describes A. 

 thoracicus, now regarded as a variety of A. scrophularice). 



LeConte: in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., vii, 1854, p. 112 (describes A. flavipes 

 and A. lepidus and A. thoracicus, now regarded as varieties of ^4. 

 scrophularice); in Proc. Acad. Nat Sci. Phil., 1876, p. 195 (occurrence 

 at Albany); in Bull. G.-G. Surv. Terr., ii, 1879, p. 503 (Rocky Mts. at 

 6,000 ft. altitude). 



Lintner: in The Argus [Albany, N. Y.], Oct. 21, 1876; in Schenectady Union,. 

 Oct. 21, 1876; in Trans. N. Y. St. Agr. Soc, xxxii, for 1872-1876, p. 

 236; in Count. Gent., May 31 and June 7, 1877, xlii, pp. 347, 363: in id., 

 Aug. 2, 1877, p. 491, c. 2-4 (stages, history, remedies, attraction to 

 flowers, etc.); Entomolog. Contrib.,iv, June, 1878, pp. 15-23, figs, a-d? 

 in Anier. Nat., xii, Aug., 1878, pp. 536-544, figs, la, b, c, d; in Count. 

 Gent, Sept. 12, 1878, xliii, p. 583, c. 2, 3; in Proc. Albany Institute, ii, 

 1878, pp. 310-313; in Count. Gent., Aug. 7, 1879, p. 503, c. 4; in Thirtieth 

 Rept. N. Y. St. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1879, pp. 127-135 (general account); 

 in Johnson's Nat. Hist., ii, 1880, p. 651, figs, a-d (brief notice of stages, 

 etc.); First Rept. Ins. N. Y., 1880, pp. 9, 10, fig. 5 (brief notice); in 

 Count. Gent., Aug. 23, 1883, xlviii, p. 681, c. 2 (its food and remedies); 

 in Amsterdam Daily Democrat, July 21, 1884, p. 3, c. 3, 4 (habits, 

 remedies, etc.); in Count. Gent., Aug. 14, 1884. xlix, pp. 676, 077, c. 4, 1 

 (history, habits, transformations, remedies, and preventives); in 

 American Cyclopedia, iv, 1883, p. 797; Second Rept. Ins. N. Y. . 

 1885, p. 46 (mention): Fifth Rept. Ins. N. Y., 1889, pp. 267, 268, fig. 38 

 (habits and as a museum pest); Sixth Rept. Ins. N. Y., 1890, p. 118, 

 fig. 11 (Adalia mistaken for it); in Coimt. Gent., Aug. 21, 1890, Iv, p. 

 662, c. 3 (remedies); Seventh Rept. Ins. N. Y., 1891, p. 335 

 (introduction). 



