CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 7 



Chapter I. — Mosquitoes and fleas. (By L. O. Howard) 9 



Mosquitoes ( CuHcidw spp. ) 9 



The cat and dog ilea ( Pulex scrraticeps Gerv. ) 24 



Chapter II. — The bedbug and cone-nose. (By C. L. Marlatt) 32 



The bedbug ( Cimex lecfularius Linn.) 32 



The blood-sucking cone-nose ( Conorhinus sanguisuga Lee.) 38 



Chapter III. — House flies, centipedes, and other insects that ark 



ANNOYING rather THAN DIRECTLY INJURIOUS. (By L. O. Howard and 



C. L. Marlatt) 43 



House ^ies {Musca domestica, et aL). (L. O. H.) 43 



The house ceiitii)e(\e {Scutigera forceps Raf.). (C. L. M.) 47 



The clover mite {BryoMa pratensis Garm. ). (C. L. M.) 51 



The house cricket {Gryllus domesticus Linn). (C. L. M.) 52 



The paper wasp ( Fesjja germanica Fab. ). (C. L. M. ) 56 



Chapter IV. — Species injurious to woolen goods, clothing, carpets, 



upholstery, etc. (By L. O. Howard and C. L. Marlatt) 58 



The carpet beetle or ''buft'alo moth" {Anthrenns scropliularioe Linn.). 



(L.O.H.) 58 



The h\in^\i ea.v\)ct\)eet\e {Attagenus pice m 0\.). (L.O.H.) 61 



The clothes moths (Tinea pellionella, et al.) (C. L. M.) 63 



Chapter V.— Species ixjurious to wall paper, books, timber, etc. (By 



C.L. Marlatt) 70 



The white ant ( Termes jlavipes Koll. ) 70 



The silver fish (Lepisma saccJiarina Linn.) 76 



The book louse (Atropos divinatoria Fab.) 79 



The American spring-tail ( Lepidocyrtns americanus Marl. ) 81 



Chapter VI. —Cockroaches axd house ants. (By C. L. Marlatt) 84 



Cockroaches ( Periplaneta americana, et al.) 84 



House ants {Monomorium pharaonis, et al.) 95 



Chapter VII.— Some insects affecting cheese, hams, fruit, and vinegar. 



(By L. O. Howard) 100 



The cheese, ham, and flour mites ( Tyroglyphus longior and Tyroglyphus siro) . 100 



The cheese skipper or ham skipper ( Piophila casei Linn) 102 



The red-legged ham beetle {Xecj'obki rnfipes Fab.) 105 



The larder beetle (Denncstes lardariiis Linn.) 107 



The fruit flies or vinegar flics (Drosophila sjip.) 109 



Chapter VIII. — Insec;ts afkectixc; cereals and other dry vegetable 



FOODS. (By F. H. Chittenden) 112 



The flour beetles 112 



The meal-worms 115 



The meal moths 1 18 



The grain beetles 120 



The drug-store beetle and its iillies 124 



Species of occasional occurrence in vogotablo s-tores 128 



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