17 ouDtm lurrnorrau. 



The chc.»|K-«l, rir.iiilir^t, .Ithl t>r*t WaV tu i;fl rill "I" the tHnltlllg, is lO rin|>|i>> a ^.lininif u 



•ulutiou of mU in wiiirr. The frtt- uiw of Milt Mill tlrivf thtui lr<>m ihr t•(-«i^tr(ld to the 

 oivrrine. nii<l t<> < liinlcs in tlic wull "r tI<N>r ; whitlirr tlic M>luli»n iuu»t follow thcui. cr 

 tile rt'ittoly ulll foil, as ufttu lia|>i>cii<t with uthrrt thut Imw btvn n^omnx-Dticd , and for 

 the iiainr n-a.'wju. 



If all i-> true that i» nirinuctl uf this bug, wr rannot d< ny that lt» Insliorts are cfa hph 

 order. If, fur inMame, it Is uimhle tu niutint the liedposls, it rlluii>» the \tall5 ami paino the 

 n'ilinK, und, whiii it Iulh rt ached u |>o^itil>n imniediately abuve the ^ll■< |>inK individual, 

 dru|>9 down uptin him. This lievisinR uf nieaus tu nrruniplioh an end, shows the invet to 

 poflMSS n high Inttinrtive power. It is also a curious (krt, and one wortliy of note, that the 

 bedbug is only f<>und in n d<>iii(-!<tiratc«l, mvcr iu u wild >talc. 



The favorite P-kI .>f this luMct Is I.I.mmI, but it is not ronfiiied to this dii t : hence it 

 •ub>ists,and runtlnues t'> jxTform the roniuiou fiinrtions of lifr when deprived of bl<Kxl. 

 Anf albuminous matters either in a wet or dry state, juices of wood, etc. etc. suflice it 

 when its favorite source of fotnl Is inaccesMble. It is, however, said, Ujon high authority, 

 that tnalioitaiiy, wnlnut, oak, and ce<Iar are fatal to these bugs ; and that when enclosed 

 in « l«>.x made of either of these w«nk1*, they !«i>eedily jK-rish. 



Their j>owep*of increase are consideralde : a female lays at four different periotls diuing 

 the year, and pDnluces ul>oiit fifty young bugs at each litter ; ;><> that at this rate, if .»he is 

 fortunate in escnpini; the jHT^xution of the hou.»ekee|H'r, she will rtar two hundred a 

 year. The yoiiiiR attain tluir lull prowth in eleven wttks. It requires, therefore, con>ider- 

 able tlilicencf ami activity to f;et nluad of this little fix- to (juiel an<l comfortable repose. 



Fiuni((ation with sulphur is an effectual remedy against bugs when thrj infest the en- 

 tries, wixKlwork, or crevices of old hoiLses, or when intolerably numerous in the cabins of 

 vessels. 



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The CoatiHiT. resemble very closely the iy.i>i viid.*; ; but it nijuircs r.nly a slight compari- 

 son of the families, to l>e satisfled that they are ev»entially different. The s|>ecies of the first 

 named family are characterize*! by the last joint of the antenna-, which is either thicker or 

 loncer than the others. The joints nre still four in nunil)er, and are inserte«l ntar a line 

 runnini; frv>ni tJie eye to the bas<' of the n>striim. The rostrum is thn-e-jointed, and the 

 middle joint is the longest : in some of our sp4-cies, it extends to the base of the hiudlegs. 

 There is an ocellus near each round eye. The hemelytra terminate as u.sual in a membrane 

 more or less diai>hanous, and in this I'amily they .show numerous lonftitudinal oervts. The 

 marninsof the aUlomen are not a)neeale«l or covered by these ofKans, and hence they may 

 oftin be seiii slightly projecting in the form of a .■>hurp edge. The taxM are thrte-joiuted 



