﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

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  A. 
  scrophulariae 
  Linn. 
  The 
  "carpet 
  beetle," 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  larval 
  stage 
  

   as 
  the 
  "Buffalo 
  moth." 
  Adults 
  hibernate 
  and 
  are 
  common 
  on 
  flowers 
  

   in 
  spring; 
  the 
  larvae 
  infest 
  woolens 
  chiefly. 
  From 
  stored 
  clothing 
  

   they 
  can 
  usually 
  be 
  kept 
  with 
  naphthaline; 
  infested 
  carpets 
  should 
  

   be 
  removed 
  and 
  cleaned 
  if 
  possible 
  and| 
  the 
  floors 
  thoroughly 
  

   scrubbed. 
  If 
  removal 
  is 
  not 
  possible, 
  drench 
  with 
  gasoline 
  twice 
  at 
  

   intervals 
  of 
  ten 
  days, 
  or 
  press 
  the 
  infested 
  areas 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  hot 
  flat- 
  

   iron 
  over 
  a 
  wet 
  cloth 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  drive 
  a 
  steam 
  through 
  the 
  texture. 
  

  

  A. 
  verbasci 
  Linn. 
  The 
  common 
  Museum 
  pest, 
  injuring 
  dried 
  animal 
  and 
  

   vegetable 
  products 
  of 
  all 
  kinds. 
  In 
  collctions 
  naphthaline 
  is 
  used 
  

   as 
  a 
  repellant. 
  

  

  A. 
  musaeorum 
  Linn. 
  Less 
  common 
  than 
  the 
  preceding 
  and 
  not 
  injurious 
  

   in 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  CRYPTORHOPALUM 
  Guer. 
  

   C. 
  ruficorne 
  Lee. 
  Common 
  on 
  flowers 
  in 
  Ocean 
  County. 
  

   C. 
  triste 
  Lee. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  on 
  flowers, 
  spring 
  and 
  fall. 
  

  

  ORPHILUS 
  Er. 
  

  

  O. 
  niger 
  Rossi, 
  (glabratus 
  Fab.) 
  Not 
  rare 
  on 
  flowers, 
  g. 
  d. 
  

  

  Family 
  HISTERID^. 
  

  

  This 
  family 
  is 
  recognizable 
  by 
  the 
  usually 
  short, 
  chunky 
  form, 
  shining 
  

   black 
  color, 
  the 
  elytra 
  squarely 
  cut 
  off 
  behind 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  exposed. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  short, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  broad 
  and 
  flat 
  and 
  fitted 
  

   for 
  digging. 
  When 
  disturbed, 
  the 
  beetles 
  fold 
  these 
  legs 
  so 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  

   body 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  practically 
  invisible. 
  The 
  antennal 
  club 
  is 
  short 
  and 
  

   rounded 
  or 
  capitate. 
  The 
  adult 
  beetles 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  or 
  under 
  decaying 
  

  

  H. 
  bima> 
  

  

  much 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  animal 
  or 
  vegetable 
  matter, 
  in 
  excrement 
  or 
  in 
  fungi. 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  

   more 
  oblong 
  and 
  flattened, 
  and 
  these 
  live 
  under 
  bark 
  and 
  generally 
  in 
  

   moist 
  places. 
  The 
  larvae 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  occur 
  in 
  similar 
  situations. 
  

  

  