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SOME COMMON HOUSEHOLD INSECTS. 



Fig. 50. — Carpet Beetle in various stages and its work. (Author's illustration.) 



even rugs upon matting, is preferable to the use of carpets, 

 for obvious reasons. In protecting furs and feathered goods 

 and woolens from the ravages of these pests one should pro- 

 ceed in the same way as in the case of protection from moths, 

 viz. : storing in tight chests or closets,, with a supply of cam- 

 phor or napthaline balls, and frequent examination during the 

 summer months. Chests lined with tarred paper, which 

 paper is to be replenished each season, are useful. 



Houses where doors and windows are screened in spring 

 and summer have an advantage. One party claims to have 

 killed this pest effectively with sulphur fumes. Three or four 

 pounds of sulphur were burned in tightly closed rooms for 

 four or five hours, at the time when the insects were first 



