The furniture containing the worm or insect holes must be removed into the open air, or into a well-ventilated room where there is neither fire nor artificial light. Dissolve 4oz. of albo-carbon in 1 pt. of benzoline, and paint the furniture with the solution; or, if the furniture is full of small holes, inject the solution into the holes with a syringe. Insect life cannot survive a proper and thorough application of this solution. If the benzoline is of good quality, even such a delicate fabric as silk is not injured by it. Another method is to saturate the wood with ordinary peti'oleum; for very bad cases, powdered quicklime made into a paste with liquor ammonia can be used. Worms freely attack unsound timber, especially if such timber is used for inside fittings; and furniture kept or stored in damp rooms, or left in contact with other worm-eaten furniture or woodwork, is sooner or later sure to be attacked by worms. Preventive measures, therefore, are largely in the hands of the manufacturer and the user of furniture.

Periodical examination of suspected woodwork, and the timely application of the remedies given above, are the best preventive measures that can be adopted.