INSECTS INJURIOUS IN 1902. 57 
me during the past season, and I heard many complaints of 
Buffalo Bugs from housekeepers. Both of the above species were 
introduced from Europe, the former about 1874, and the latter as 
late as 1854, though it was not until 1879 that Dr. Lintner re- 
ported the latter as a carpet pest in connection with the first 

Fig. 50.—Carpet Beetle, A. scrophulariae, and its work, showing beetle, larva, 
moulted skins of larvae and excrement, enlarged. Original. 
named. Though their food habit may vary slightly in different 
localities, they both somewhere feed upon carpets, and remedies 
for both may be discussed under one head. It is well to note that 
many or most of the remedial and protective measures may also 
be used against the various species of clothes moth. In the adult 
state Carpet Beetles are found upon flowers. In addition to 
