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lint, etc. is said to have a partiality for bed bugs. Not usually harmful, 

 though it can inflict a severe bite or " sting." 



Treatment : screens should exclude it most effectually. 



64 Buffalo carpet beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariae). 

 Larvae easily recognized by their shaggy appearance, being provided 

 with coarse bristles along the sides and at the posterior extremity of the 

 body. The beetles are about }i in. long, black, marked with white and 

 a red line down the middle of the back, widening into three projections. 



Treatment : use rugs or matting in place of carpet whenever possible. 

 Infested carpets should be taken up and sprayed with benzine and the 

 cracks in the floor should be filled with plaster of paris before relaying 

 the carpet. 



65 Black carpet beetle (Attagenus piceus). Light brown 

 cylindric larva with a long "tail" of slender hairs. The adult is a small 

 oval black beetle nearly in. long. This species has a decided taste 

 for feathers. 



Treatment : same as for the preceding. 



66 Little red ant (M onomorium pharaonis). The com- 

 mon yellowish red ant about ^ in. long that frequents houses in such 

 numbers at times. 



Treatment : destroy colony with carbon bisulfid when possible. Attract 

 to sponge filled with sweetened water and kill the collected ants by 

 dropping them in hot water. 



67 Bacon beetle (Dermestes lardarius). Dark brownish 

 beetle about T 5 F in. long with yellowish band on wing covers. Larva 

 brown, hairy, about ys in. long. Both adult and larva attack bacon, 

 meat, etc. 



Treatment: cleanliness and excluding insects from the food. 



68 Croton bug (Phyllodromia germanica). The smaller, 

 light brown roach about ^ in. long found in houses. 



Treatment : roach poisons, such as Hooper's fatal food. Paris green 

 with sugar has been used successfully, but is a dangerous poison. 

 Fumigate with sulfur where possible. Entice the bugs to enter vessels 

 partly filled with stale beer, from which no escape is provided. 



69 Cockroach (Periplaneta orientalis). The larger dark 

 brown species an inch or more long, found in dwellings. 



Treatment : same as for the croton bug. 



