﻿[19] 
  The 
  New 
  Cakpet-Bug— 
  Anthrenus 
  scrophularije. 
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  projections 
  from 
  it 
  outwardly 
  — 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  back, 
  

   and 
  one 
  other 
  toward 
  each 
  end. 
  Take 
  a 
  straight 
  line 
  and 
  

   divide 
  in 
  four 
  equal 
  parts 
  by 
  three 
  cross 
  lines, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  

   nearly 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  these 
  projections. 
  At 
  the 
  extreme 
  tip 
  

   of 
  the 
  wing- 
  covers 
  is 
  a 
  widening 
  of 
  the 
  bordering 
  line, 
  making 
  

   almost 
  a 
  fourth 
  projection 
  from 
  it. 
  The 
  first 
  projection, 
  near 
  

   the 
  head, 
  is 
  connected 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  spot, 
  running 
  upwardly 
  

   on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  wing-cover. 
  On 
  the 
  

   outer 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  wing-covers 
  are 
  three 
  white 
  spots 
  nearly 
  

   opposite 
  the 
  red 
  projections. 
  The 
  intermediate 
  spaces 
  are 
  

   black. 
  The 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  beneath 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  

   pale 
  red 
  scales, 
  and 
  the 
  thoracic 
  region 
  (which 
  bears 
  the 
  legs) 
  

   with 
  whitish 
  scales. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  description, 
  although 
  not 
  presented 
  as 
  a 
  scientific 
  

   one, 
  will 
  suffice 
  for 
  the 
  identification 
  of 
  the 
  beetle 
  when 
  met 
  

   with. 
  

  

  The 
  detection 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  adds 
  to 
  our 
  fauna 
  another 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  dreaded 
  genus 
  of 
  Anthrenus, 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  

   reason 
  to 
  fear 
  will 
  equal 
  in 
  its 
  destructive 
  agency 
  the 
  well- 
  

   known 
  museum 
  pest, 
  the 
  A. 
  varius 
  (formerly 
  known 
  as 
  A. 
  

   musceorum), 
  the 
  obtrusive 
  guest 
  of 
  all 
  our 
  collections 
  of 
  

   natural 
  history, 
  whose 
  ravages 
  it 
  seems 
  impossible 
  fully 
  to 
  

   guard 
  against, 
  and 
  so 
  exceedingly 
  difficult 
  to 
  control. 
  

  

  It 
  does 
  not 
  confine 
  itself 
  wholly 
  to 
  carpets, 
  but 
  it 
  also 
  

   infests 
  and 
  injures 
  various 
  articles 
  of 
  wearing 
  apparel, 
  hang- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  closets 
  or 
  lain 
  away 
  in 
  drawers. 
  An 
  instance 
  has 
  also 
  

   been 
  stated, 
  but 
  awaits 
  confirmation, 
  of 
  its 
  preying 
  upon 
  cot- 
  

   ton 
  fabrics 
  — 
  a 
  habit 
  not 
  attaching 
  to 
  either 
  the 
  clothes 
  or 
  

   carpet 
  moths. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  become 
  almost 
  ubiquitous 
  in 
  a 
  house 
  

   which 
  had 
  been 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  occupied 
  by 
  it, 
  notwithstand- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  persistent 
  efforts 
  made 
  for 
  its 
  extirpation. 
  Its 
  exu- 
  

   viae 
  were 
  encountered 
  in 
  trunks, 
  boxes, 
  tied 
  up 
  packages, 
  

   drawers, 
  beneath 
  floor 
  oil-cloths, 
  etc. 
  Late 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  

   (October) 
  clusters 
  of 
  twelve 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  full-grown 
  living 
  

   larvae 
  were 
  disclosed, 
  to 
  the 
  disgust 
  and 
  dismay 
  of 
  the 
  house- 
  

   keeper, 
  in 
  turning 
  over 
  a 
  paillasse, 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  

   had 
  selected 
  as 
  a 
  safe 
  retreat 
  on 
  which 
  to 
  undergo 
  their 
  final 
  

   transformation. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  this 
  present 
  year 
  found 
  that 
  a 
  convenient 
  place 
  in 
  

   which 
  to 
  discover 
  the 
  beetle, 
  is 
  upon 
  the 
  windows 
  of 
  the 
  

   infested 
  rooms 
  during 
  the 
  day. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  April 
  

  

  