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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  BYTURUS 
  Latr. 
  

   B. 
  unicolor 
  Say. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  adult 
  In 
  flowers; 
  larva 
  a 
  whit- 
  

   ish 
  maggot 
  in 
  fruits, 
  chiefly 
  of 
  raspberry; 
  the 
  one 
  exception 
  in 
  our 
  

   fauna 
  to 
  the 
  feeding 
  habits 
  detailed 
  in 
  the 
  opening 
  paragraph. 
  

   Sometimes 
  this 
  genus 
  is 
  made 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  a 
  distinct 
  family. 
  

  

  DERMESTES 
  Linn. 
  

  

  D. 
  caninus 
  Germ. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V, 
  VII, 
  IX, 
  under 
  dead 
  animals, 
  

   sometimes 
  rather 
  common; 
  not 
  usually 
  in 
  houses. 
  

  

  D. 
  lardarius 
  Linn. 
  The 
  "larder 
  beetle," 
  common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  

   often 
  on 
  stored 
  provisions. 
  Kill 
  the 
  beetles 
  and 
  larvffi 
  whenever 
  

   seen, 
  keep 
  provisions 
  in 
  tight 
  or 
  screened 
  receptacles, 
  and, 
  where 
  

   the 
  insects 
  are 
  abundant, 
  trap 
  them 
  on 
  easily 
  accessible 
  scraps. 
  

  

  D. 
  vulpinus 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  under 
  old 
  bones 
  and 
  dried 
  car- 
  

   casses; 
  also 
  in 
  skins 
  and 
  leather, 
  hence 
  known 
  to 
  manufacturers 
  as 
  

   the 
  "leather 
  beetle"; 
  gasoline 
  and 
  carbon 
  disulphide 
  may 
  be 
  used. 
  

  

  D. 
  frischii 
  Kug. 
  Riverton 
  IV, 
  Burlington 
  Co. 
  VI 
  (GG) 
  ; 
  seashore 
  (Li); 
  

   Brigantine 
  Beach 
  IX 
  (Hn) 
  ; 
  locally 
  not 
  rare; 
  but 
  not 
  a 
  troublesome 
  

   form. 
  

  

  ATTAGENUS 
  Latr. 
  

  

  A. 
  piceus 
  Oliv. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  common; 
  the 
  "black 
  carpet 
  

   beetle." 
  Also 
  said 
  to 
  attack 
  cereals 
  and 
  other 
  seeds. 
  Gasoline 
  and 
  

   carbon 
  disulphide 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  their 
  destruction, 
  and 
  naphthaline 
  

   may 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  repellant. 
  

  

  TROGODERMA 
  Latr. 
  

  

  T. 
  ornatum 
  Say. 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  VI, 
  9, 
  on 
  flowers 
  (Bf). 
  

  

  T. 
  tarsale 
  Mels. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  "Sometimes 
  injurious 
  to 
  cere- 
  

   als 
  and 
  other 
  seeds, 
  to 
  cayenne 
  pepper, 
  and 
  very 
  troublesome 
  in 
  

   collections 
  of 
  insects 
  or 
  other 
  objects 
  of 
  natural 
  history" 
  (Ch). 
  

  

  ANTHRENUS 
  Geoffr. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  102. 
  — 
  The 
  carpet 
  beetle, 
  Anthrcnus 
  scrophularice 
  : 
  a, 
  larva; 
  h, 
  pupa 
  formed 
  

   in 
  larval 
  skin; 
  c, 
  pupa; 
  d, 
  adult; 
  all 
  much 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  