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species has a decided taste for feathers, though it infests carpets 

 and attacks many other substances. It is quite common in Al- 

 bany. 



Treatment: same as for the preceding. 



Fia. 64 Black carpet beetle : a larva ; b pupa ; c adult beetle — all enlarged (after Howard, U. 

 dep'tagr., div. ent., bull. 4, n. s.) 



73 Little red ant (Monomorium pharaonis). This is 

 the common yellowish red ant about W inch long that frequents 



houses in such numbers at times. 

 Several other species occur in 

 houses, but in this latitude the 

 little red ant is 

 the most an- 

 noying, as a 

 rule. 



Treatment: 

 destroy colony 

 with carbon bi- 



Fio. 65 Little red ant: a female; bneuter or worker -enlarged (after Riley) SUlfid WhCU POS- 



sible. This is done by using a broom handle to make holes 

 in the nest a few inches deep and several inches apart, pour- 



