. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. 266 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. BYTURUS Latr. B. unicolor Say. Throughout the State, adult in flowers; larva a whit- ish maggot in fruits, chiefly of raspberry; the one exception in our fauna to the feeding habits detailed in the opening paragraph. Sometimes this genus is made the type of a distinct family. DERMESTES Linn. D. caninus Germ. Throughout the State V, VII, IX, under dead animals, sometimes rather common; not usually in tiouses. D. lardarius Linn. The "larder beetle," common throughout the State
. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. 266 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. BYTURUS Latr. B. unicolor Say. Throughout the State, adult in flowers; larva a whit- ish maggot in fruits, chiefly of raspberry; the one exception in our fauna to the feeding habits detailed in the opening paragraph. Sometimes this genus is made the type of a distinct family. DERMESTES Linn. D. caninus Germ. Throughout the State V, VII, IX, under dead animals, sometimes rather common; not usually in tiouses. D. lardarius Linn. The "larder beetle," common throughout the State, often on stored provisions. Kill the beetles and larvae whenever seen, keep provisions in tight or screened receptacles, and, where the insects are abundant, trap them on easily accessible scraps. D. vulpinus Fab. Throughout the State under old bones and dried car- casses; also in skins and leather, hence known to manufacturers as the "leather beetle"; gasoline and carbon disulphide may be used. D. frischii Kug. Riverton IV, Burlington Co. VI (G-G); seashore (Li); Brigantine Beach IX (Hn); locally not rare; but not a troublesome form. ATTAGENUS Latr. A. piceus Oliv. Throughout the State, common; the "black carpet ; Also said to attack cereals and other seeds. Gasoline and carbon disulphide are used for their destruction, and naphthaline may be used as a repellant. TROGODERMA Latr. T. ornatum Say. Caldwell (Cr); Orange Mts. VI, 9, on flowers (Bf). T. tarsale Mels. Throughout the State. "Sometimes injurious to cere- als and other seeds, to cayenne pepper, and very troublesome in collections of insects or other objects of natural history" (Ch). ANTHRENUS Fig. 102.—The carpet beetle, Anthrenns scrophularice: a, larva; h, pupa formed in larval skin; c, pupa; d, adult; all much Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearan
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