﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

  265 
  

  

  M. 
  bipustulatus 
  Mels. 
  Eagle 
  Rock, 
  1 
  specimen 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  M. 
  pluriguttatus 
  Lee. 
  Newark 
  district 
  in 
  fungus 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  M. 
  melsheimeri 
  Lee. 
  Camden, 
  i"are 
  (Li). 
  

  

  M. 
  pluripunctatus 
  Lee. 
  Greenwood 
  Lake 
  (Sf); 
  Westville 
  (Li). 
  

  

  M. 
  pini 
  Ziegl. 
  Westville 
  rare 
  (Li), 
  under 
  pine 
  bark. 
  

  

  M. 
  obsoletus 
  Mels. 
  Avalon 
  (Li); 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  City 
  VI, 
  11 
  (Brn). 
  

  

  LITARGUS 
  Er. 
  

  

  L. 
  6-punctatus 
  Say. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  Orange 
  Mts., 
  Newark 
  IX, 
  20 
  (Bf); 
  

  

  Anglesea 
  VII 
  (Sz); 
  under 
  decomposing 
  vegetable 
  matter 
  and 
  bark. 
  

   L. 
  tetraspilotus 
  Lee. 
  Boonton 
  III, 
  17 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  Orange 
  Mts., 
  Newark 
  V, 
  30 
  

  

  (Bf). 
  

   L. 
  didesmus 
  Say. 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  (LI); 
  DaCosta 
  VI, 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  VI 
  (Brn); 
  

  

  Anglesea 
  VII 
  and 
  probably 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  

   The 
  record 
  of 
  "L. 
  balteatus" 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  misidentification. 
  

  

  TYPHCEA 
  Steph. 
  

  

  T. 
  fumata 
  Linn. 
  Common 
  everywhere 
  in 
  stables 
  and 
  sweepings 
  from 
  

   granaries 
  and 
  feed 
  stores 
  (Ch); 
  bred 
  in 
  numbers 
  from 
  dry-rotting 
  

   potatoes 
  at 
  New 
  Brunswick. 
  

  

  Family 
  DERMESTID^. 
  

  

  Stout, 
  heavily 
  built 
  beetles, 
  with 
  short, 
  weak 
  legs 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  very 
  

   closely 
  folded 
  to 
  the 
  body. 
  Clothed 
  with 
  flattened 
  hair 
  or 
  scales, 
  usually 
  

   black 
  and 
  white 
  mottled 
  ; 
  but 
  

   sometimes 
  marked 
  with 
  red, 
  

   brown 
  or 
  yellow. 
  The 
  larvae 
  

   are 
  elongate, 
  hairy 
  creatures, 
  

   with 
  tufts 
  of 
  bristles 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  and 
  

   sometimes 
  along 
  the 
  sides; 
  

   or 
  with 
  bunches 
  of 
  hair 
  that 
  

   may 
  be 
  erected 
  or 
  spread 
  out. 
  

   They 
  feed 
  (with 
  one 
  excep- 
  

   tion) 
  on 
  stored 
  or 
  dry 
  ani- 
  

   mal 
  and 
  sometimes 
  vegeta- 
  

   ble 
  products, 
  and 
  include 
  

   such 
  pests 
  as 
  the 
  "larder 
  

   beetles," 
  "museum 
  beetles," 
  

   "carpet 
  beetles," 
  etc., 
  and 
  

   are 
  therefore 
  decidedly 
  in- 
  

   jurious. 
  Protection 
  is 
  gained 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  repellants 
  like 
  camphor 
  and 
  

   naphthaline, 
  and 
  by 
  cleanliness 
  or 
  making 
  access 
  impossible 
  to 
  larVse 
  or 
  

   adults. 
  As 
  a 
  rule 
  a 
  combination 
  of 
  both 
  methods 
  is 
  employed, 
  and 
  occa- 
  

   sionally 
  bisulphide 
  of 
  carbon 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  advantage. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  10 
  1. 
  — 
  Dermestes 
  vulpinus: 
  a, 
  larva 
  from 
  above 
  

  

  and 
  side; 
  /), 
  pupa; 
  k, 
  adult; 
  enlarged: 
  other 
  

  

  figures 
  refer 
  to 
  structural 
  details 
  of 
  larva. 
  

  

  