﻿[23] 
  The 
  New 
  Carpet-Bug— 
  Anthrenusscrophulari,e. 
  135 
  

  

  rapes). 
  All 
  of 
  these, 
  and 
  the 
  formidable 
  list 
  might 
  be 
  greatly 
  

   extended, 
  we 
  have 
  received 
  from 
  Europe, 
  while 
  very 
  few 
  of 
  

   our 
  native 
  insect 
  pests 
  have 
  been 
  sent 
  in 
  return. 
  Should 
  our 
  

   late 
  exportation 
  of 
  the 
  Colorado 
  potato-beetle 
  (Doryophora 
  

   decemlineata), 
  prove 
  as 
  injurious 
  in 
  Europe 
  as 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  

   which 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  reason 
  to 
  doubt, 
  we 
  shall 
  still 
  be 
  very 
  far 
  

   from 
  having 
  made 
  a 
  commensurate 
  return. 
  While 
  the 
  few 
  

   American 
  species 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  introduced 
  in 
  Great 
  Britain 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  continent 
  have 
  not 
  spread 
  to 
  any 
  great 
  extent, 
  in 
  al- 
  

   most 
  every 
  instance 
  where 
  injurious 
  insects 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  

   thence 
  to 
  this 
  country, 
  their 
  number 
  and 
  their 
  ravages 
  

   have 
  been 
  greatly 
  increased. 
  Thus, 
  while 
  the 
  recent 
  advent 
  of 
  

   the 
  Anthrenus 
  scrophularice 
  has 
  brought 
  consternation 
  in 
  

   many 
  of 
  our 
  homes, 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  record 
  

   of 
  its 
  preying 
  upon 
  carpets, 
  or 
  other 
  woolens, 
  in 
  the 
  Old 
  

   World, 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  long 
  known. 
  Even 
  special 
  

   inquiry 
  made 
  by 
  me 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  leading 
  Entomologists 
  of 
  

   Europe, 
  has 
  failed 
  to 
  elicit 
  any 
  such 
  information. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  

   there 
  to 
  infest 
  dried 
  meats 
  and 
  similar 
  substances. 
  Perhaps 
  its 
  

   fondness 
  for 
  carpets 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  taste 
  which 
  its 
  transportation 
  

   hither 
  has 
  developed. 
  

  

  