TROPICAL TICKS have a severe and noxious 

 bite annoying and often infectious to humans 

 and wild animals. A true ectoparasite, Ambly- 

 omma cajennense is related to the spiders. 



GASTROPOD EGG MASS attached to 

 back of mollusk shell, Cardium elatum. 



KISSING BUG is the name commonly applied to the glossy Hemiptera belovir which carries 

 Chagus disease, or sleeping sickness, and occurs in the province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador. 

 Triatoma megnista is related to the assassin bug and is a carrier of the blood parasite Trypano- 

 some rhodiense. Rats are a common carrier of the flagellate protozoan which causes the dis- 

 ease, often fatal to humans within three days. The kissing bug acquired its name from its pro- 

 pensity for attacking the lips. 



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