IN THE BUNGALOW. 



p>owder drops when we move the infested 

 object. The beetles generally select the 

 shady and unexposed portions of the 

 table or chair to tunnel into, and this is 

 the explanation which the hostess should 

 offer in her own extenuation when her 

 nervous caller has measured his length on 

 the floor owing to the untrustworthiness 

 of the legs of the inviting soft-cushioned, 

 silk-bedecked and befrilled but, alas, 

 1 shot-holed ' bamboo couch. 



But these beetles are even more of a 

 pest up in the roof of the bungalow than 

 they are in the house or verandah, for the 

 attacks to the furniture can be kept in 

 check by rubbing turpentine or kerosene 

 over the affected parts and injecting it 

 into the shot holes. 



This is by no means a possible remedy 

 when we come to consider the roof insects. 

 Of course, the species infesting the bam- 

 boos in the roof are the same as those in the 

 bamboo furniture. Those in the timber 

 are, however, different and usually larger 



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