214 HOUSEHOLD INSECTS 



1895. FLETCHER, JAMES. Household pests. Kept, of the Ent. 

 and Bot., Canada Dept. Agri., 1895, p. 165. 



1896. HOWARD, L. O. The principal household insects of the 

 United States. Bull. 4, Bu. Ent. U. S. Dept. Agri., pp. 58-63. 



1897. CHITTENDEN, F. H. Some little-known insects affecting 

 stored vegetable products. Bull. 8, n.s, Bu. Ent., U. S. Dept. 

 Agri., pp. 15-19. 



1902. WASHBURN, F. L. Carpet beetles, etc. Bull. 77, Minn. 

 State Expt. Stat., p. 56. 



1904. SLINGERLAND, M. V. The carpet beetle. Circ. 10, Cor- 

 nell Reading-course for Farmers' Wives. 



1905. FLETCHER, JAMES. The buffalo carpet beetle. Can. 

 Ent., Vol. 37, p. 333. 



1906. WASHBURN, F. L. Carpet beetles, "buffalo bug," "buffalo 

 moth." Eleventh Kept, of the Minn. State Ent., p. 69. 



1906. LOCHHEAD, WM. Household insects. Can. Ent., Vol. 38, 



p. 67. 

 1908. HOWARD, L. O. The carpet beetle or "Buffalo moth." 



Circ. 5, Bu. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agri. 

 For further bibliography see Lintner, Ninth Report. 



FISH-MOTHS 



Lepisma saccharina 



In taking from a shelf a book that has remained undis- 

 turbed for some time, we often catch a glimpse of a glis- 

 tening or silver gray insect (Fig. 64) that glides quickly out 

 of sight. In fact, this insect is an adept at dodging and 

 when actually in contact with the fingers, the slick, shining 

 body easily slips from the grasp. It is not a moth nor is it 

 closely related to a moth nor does it remotely resemble a 

 moth in general appearance or habits. Its body is clothed 

 with shining scales like that of a fish and some person who 

 had caught it injuring clothes in a manner similar to the 

 larva of a clothes moth combined the character with the 



