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the larvfB which injure the woollen fabrics. The larva, Fig. 1, «, 

 when fully grown, is rather longer than the beetle, and is clothed 

 with stiff brown hairs which are extended into a short tail-like 

 appendage at the posterior end. 



The Pitchy Carpet Beetle. 

 Attagenus piceus Oliv. 



The larva of this beetle is often found feeding on carpets in the 

 same manner as the Buffalo carpet beetle and sometimes associated 

 with it. The full-grown larva is about one-third of an inch in 

 length, of a brownish color, ringed with whitish between the seg- 

 ments, largest near the head and tapering towards the posterior 

 extremity, which is provided with a long pencil of diverging hairs. 

 The whole surface of the body is covered with short, coarse, brown 

 hairs, which are so arranged as to give a smooth and somewhat 

 glossy appearance to the larva, which is quite hard and v;\vy. It 

 crawls quite rapidly, with a peculiar gliding movement. 



The perfect beetle is from one-fifth to one-seventh of an inch in 

 length, more elongated than the Buffalo carpet beetle, black, and 

 clothed with minute yellowish or brownish hairs, giving the beetle 

 a general brownish color, varying from light brov/n to dark, pitchy 

 brown. There is but one generation in a year, as indicated by 

 those which I have bred, for larvfe found in June did not trans- 

 form to perfect beetles until the following May. 



The remedies for this pest are the same as for the Buffalo 

 beetle. 



Clothes Moths. 



Two species of clothes moths are common in this country, brought 

 over from Europe many years ago. The first of these was named 



Fig. 2. — Tinea pellionella L. 



a, adult; b, larva; c, larva in case. All much enlarged. 



(After Riley.) 



Tinea pellionella by Linneus. It is a grayish-colored moth, with 

 two or three darker obscure spots on the fore wings and lighter- 



