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CLOTHES MOTHS. 
There are few insects that give housekeepers more an- 
noyance than the clothes moths. There are but two species 
that give much annoyance in houses in this country and 
they are of a yellowish or buff color, with narrow wings and 
slender bodies, and when spread will span but little more 
than half an inch from tip to tip of the wings They are 
often seen as very small moths flying about the room after 
lamps are lighted. The large moths that often fly to lights 
in our houses and flutter about on our windows, are fre- 
quently supposed to be clothes moths, but they are not. 
The clothes moths feed upon animal tissue as hair, 
feathers and wool, but do not attack cotton or linen goods. 
Remedies — The frequent airing and beating of gar- 
ments and carpets is one of the most effectual remedies. 
When clothing is laid away for the summer it may be put 
in tight paper sacks or in pasteboard boxes made tight by 
wrapping, or in any other moth-tight receptacle where the 
moths or their eggs are not already present. To make sure 
that no eggs were deposited on the clothing before it is put 
away, it should be examined once or twice to see that it is 
all right. The lighter the room where the clothing is stored 
the better, as clothes moths delight to work in dark rooms 
and closets, but seldom do much harm in rooms that are 
well lighted and aired. If clothing is thought to be infested, 
all moths, eggs and larvm can be killed by placing the cloth- 
ing in a tight box and pouring in carbon bisulphide and then 
closing tightly for a few hours. If the moths in any stage 
are about the borders of the carpet, they may be destroyed 
by spreading damp clothes over the infested places and then 
ironing them with hot flats. 
Moth balls, camphor, tobacco and cedar wood are used 
to repel the moths and are quite useful for this purpose, but 
if the insects are already present these things do not prevent 
their living and doing their usual injuries. 
THE CARPET BEETLE. {Autln'rn nx scrnf>!i u ! nrntr Linn.) 
A small, dark-colored beetle, about three-sixteenths of 
an inch long and marked on the wing covers with white and 
a slight amount of reddish. The larva is dark brown in 
color and is rather heavily fringed with hairs, especially at 
