SPECIES INJURIOUS TO WOOLEN GOOD8, ETC. 



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that the beetles begin to appear in houses in Washington, D. C.,aa 

 early as the last of April and occur in the greatest numbers during the 



hot spells late in May and early in June. By the middle of June their 

 numbers become less. Beginning on May 6, beetles were placed from 

 time to time into a jar with woolen (doth. On June 13 certain larvae 

 measuring about 1 mm. in length were found. A year from the placing 

 of the first beetles in the jar the largest larvae were found to be only 

 4.5 mm. long. Isolated full-grown larva- were several times observed 

 to pupate, with the result that the pnpal stage was found to last from 

 six to fifteen days. In Mr. Chittenden's experiments in rearing this 

 insect two years were required for its development from eggto beetle. 



KEMEDIES. 



Owing to the similarity of habits, the same remedies may be used 

 against this insect as against the buffalo carpet beetle. Xotwith- 

 stauding Mrs. French's experience to the contrary, we do not consider 

 it as serious a household pest as the other species. 



L. (). H. 



THE CLOTHES MOTHS. 



(Tinea pellioneUa, et al.) 



The destructive work of the larva- of the small moths commonly 

 known as clothes moths, and also as carpet moths, fur moths, etc.. in 

 woolen fabrics, fur. and similar material, during the warm months of 

 summer in the Xorth. 

 and in the South at any 

 season, is an altogether 

 too common experi- 

 ence. The preference 

 they so often show for 

 woolen or fur garments 

 gives these insect- a 

 much more general in- 

 terest than is perhaps 

 true of any other house- 

 hold pest. Not only 

 are they a pest to the 



.—Tinea pelUonella : a, adult: b, larva; 

 larged (from Riley). 



larva in ca>e— en 



good housekeeper, but the bachelor, whose interest in domestic mat- 

 ters might otherwise remain at a low ebb, knows to his sorrow ot' 

 their abundance in the disastrous results of their presence in his 



w.ardrobc. 



The little yellowish or bull-colored moths sometimes seen Hit- 

 ting about rooms, atti acted to lamps at niglit or dislodged from in- 

 fested garments, are themselves harmless enough; in fact their mouth 

 parts are rudimentary, and they can not enjoy even the ordinary 



