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(f). — Reddish-brown, flat bugs with buggy odour, hiding in day time 

 in cracks, but active at night; with piercing and sucking mouth-parts. 

 Bed-Bug. (Cimex lectularius) 



Control. — Burn sulphur in rooms (2 lbs. to 1000 cub. ft.); cleanse 

 walls and floors thoroughly; inject gasoline into all cracks. 



Feeding on or Destroying Clothing, Carpets, Upholstery, Etc. 



(a). — Tiny dusky moths, laying eggs in furs or woollens, the larvae 

 eating holes in them. 



Case-Making Clothes Moth. (Tinea pellionella) 

 Webbing Clothes Moth. (Tinea biselliella) 

 Tapestry Clothes Moth. (Trichophaga tapetzella) 

 Control. — Beat garments outside and expose to sun for a few hours; 

 spray with gasoline; put woollen garments when thoroughly beaten in 

 sealed bags or boxes for summer. 



(b). — Small oval red, black and white beetles, whose grubs are hairy, 

 feeding on carpets on underside usually along a crack of the floor. 

 Buffalo Carpet Beetle. (Anthrenus scrophulariae) 

 Control. — Use rugs if possible; beat carpets, spray with gasoline and 

 wash all cracks with hot soap suds, then with gasoline. 



(c). — Tiny, active, wingless insects with silvery appearance, and 

 with three long feelers at hind end of body, feeding on linen or paper con- 

 taining starch, sugar, etc. 



Silver-Fish. (Lepisma saccharina) 

 Control. — Use insect powder where they occur; trap with bits of 

 cardboard dipped in a mixture of paris green and paste. 



Feeding on Food Products. 



(a). — Active, wary, light-brown insects with a "roachy" odour, found 

 in pantries and bakeries; several species but the most common is the 



Croton-Biig or German Cockroach. (Ectobia Germanica) 



Control. — Use bits of chocolate and borax; or put plaster paris and 

 paris green in one saucer and water in another close to it. 



(b). — Brown beetles, \ inch long, whose grubs are brown above, 

 white below and covered with long brown hairs; found where meats, 

 skins and feathers are kept. 



Larder Beetle. (Dermestes lardarius) 



Control. — Remove meats, etc., and scrub the shelves, walls and 

 floors thoroughly with soap suds. 



