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lint, etc. is said to have a partiality for bed bugs. Not usually harmful, 
though it can inflict a severe bite or “sting.” 
. Treatment: screens should exclude it most effectually. 
64 Buffalo carpet beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariae), 
Larvae easily recognized by their shaggy appearance, being provided 
with coarse bristles along the sides and at the posterior extremity of the 
body. The beetles are about 1% in. long, black, marked with white and 
a red line down the middle of the back, widening into three projections. 
Treatment: use rugs or matting in place of carpet whenever possible. 
Infested carpets should be taken up and sprayed with benzine and the 
cracks in the floor should be filled with plaster of paris before relaying 
the carpet. 
65 Black carpet beetle (Attagenus piceus). Light brown 
cylindric larva with a long “tail” of slender hairs. ‘The adult is a small 
oval black beetle nearly =3; in. long. This species has a decided taste 
for feathers. 
Treatment: same as for the preceding. 
66 Little red ant (Monomorium pharaonis). Thecom- 
mon yellowish red ant about = in. long that frequents houses in such 
numbers at times, 
Treatment: destroy colony with carbon bisulfid when possible. Attract 
to sponge filled with sweetened water and kill the collected ants by 
dropping them in hot water. 
67 Bacon beetle (Dermestes lardarius). Dark brownish 
beetle about 55, in. long with yellowish band on wing covers. Larva 
brown, hairy, about 5% in. long. Both adult and larva attack bacon, 
meat, etc. : 
« Treatment: cleanliness and excluding insects from the food. 
68 Croton bug (Phyllodromia germanica). The smaller, 
light brown roach about 34 in. long found in houses. 
Treatment: roach poisons, such as Hooper’s fatal food. Paris green 
with sugar has been used successfully, but is a dangerous poison. 
Fumigate with sulfur where possible. Entice the bugs to enter vessels 
partly filled with stale beer, from which no escape is provided. 
69 Cockroach (Periplaneta orientalis). The larger dark 
brown species an inch or more long, found in dwellings. 
Treatment: same as for the croton bug. 
