REPORT OP THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 849 



Chief accessible article: Chittenden, F. H. TJ. S. dep't agric. 

 div. ent. Bui. 8, n.'s. '97. p. 22-23. 



95 Clothes moth, Tineola biselliella Hum. Principal 

 food: woolens. 



Treatment: same as for 91. 



Chief accessible articles: Marlatt, C. L. U. S. dep't agric div. 

 ent. Circ. 36, 2d s. '98. p. 1-8; Howard, L. 0., and Marlatt, C. L. 

 U. S. dep't agric. div. ent. Bui. 4, n. s. '96. p. 63-69; Felt, E. P. 

 N. Y. state agric soc. Trans. '99. 59: 297-98. 



96 Silver fish, Therm o'bia furnorum Eov. Principal 

 food: farinaceous matter. 



Treatment: Keep things dry and do not allow them to remain 

 undisturbed for long periods, dust haunts with pyrethruni 

 powder. 



Chief accessible articles: Marlatt, C. L. t U. S. dep't agric. div. 

 ent. Bui. 4, n. s. '96. p. 76-78; Felt, E. P., state ent. 14th rep't, 

 '98. p. 216-18; — N. Y. state agric. soc. Trans. '99. 59: 301, 



97 Bedbug, Acanthia lectularia Linn. Principal food : 

 blood of certain mammalia. 



Treatment: Apply benzin, kerosene, other petroleum oil or 

 corrosive sublimate to crevices in infested beds. Fumigation 

 with sulfur is valuable wherever possible. 



Chief accessible articles: Marlatt, C. L. IT. S. dep't agric. div. 

 ent. Bui. 4, n. s. '96. p. 32-38; Felt, E. P. N. Y. state agric. soc. 

 Trans. '99. 59: 299-300. 



98 Masked bedbug hunter : kissing bug, O p s i c o e t u s p e r - 

 sonatus Linn. Principal food: other insects; only occasion- 

 ally does it attack man. 



Treatment: Exclude from houses by the use of screens. 



Chief accessible articles: Howard, L. 0. Popular science 

 monthly, Nov. '99 ; — U. S. dep't agric. div. ent. Bui. 22. '00. p. 

 24-25. 



99 Squash bug, A n a s a t r i s t i s DeG. Resembles 98 some- 

 what, but on comparison a marked difference will be seen. 



