58 INSECTS INJURIOUS IN 1902. 
Fig. 50, an excellent drawing (Fig. 61) of this pest will be found 
on page 69 of this report. 
REMEDIES AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES. 
Midsummer house cleaning of infested houses (we mention 
such a deviation from the old prescribed custom with fear and 
trembling), or two house cleanings each year (and from the 
man’s standpoint this is a very unpleasant thought) is desirable, 
and should be most thoroughly attended to. If carpets are used 
they should be thoroughly beaten, and, if possible, sprayed out 
of doors with some such liquid as benzine or gasoline, and well 
aired afterwards. Rooms should have their bare -floors thor- 
oughly swept, washed with hot soap suds, and all cracks dusted 
with kerosene or benzine. If possible, it is desirable in bad cases 
to lay tarred paper on the floor before laying down the carpet. 
Should the carpet show any spots at any time during the year 
after such a treatment, affording evidence of the pest, we are ad- 
vised bythe United States Department of Agriculture to lay a damp 
cloth smoothly over the places affected, and iron with a hot iron, 
thus creating steam which will pass through the carpet and kill all 
insects below. The use of rugs on bare floors, or 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 proceed in the same way as in 
the case of protection from insect moths, viz. storing in tight 
~ chests or closets, with a supply of Camphor or Naphthaline balls, 
and frequent examination during the summer months. Chests 
lined with tarred paper, which paper is to be replenished each 
season, are useful. 
It must be borne in mind that neither Camphor, Naphtha nor 
tarred paper kill the insects or their eggs, hence these must be 
eliminated before storing the goods. Where one can have access 
to cold storage woolens and fur can be protected, for none of 
these pests work in a temperature below 4o deg. Fah. Frequent 
beatings of furs, furniture cushions, woolens, etc., during the 
spring and summer, say in May, June, July and August, in this 
climate, would be of material help in case of such goods as can- 
not be well stored. Bisulphide of carbon affords a ready means 
