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A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE ON THE REDUVIID 

 GENUS TRIATOMA (HEMIP.) i 

 By Roland F. Hussey. 



The genus Triatoma has received much attention during 

 recent years, both from the entomological and from the medical 

 viewpoints. Chagas' discovery that these insects may serve as 

 intermediate hosts in the transmission of trypanosomal diseases 

 of the American tropics awakened an active interest in this genus 

 among Brazilian and Argentine workers, and as a result nu- 

 merous papers have been published on the biology and taxonomy 

 of the group. Among these are two very important contribu- 

 tions — summaries, in fact, of our knowledge of the genus Triaioma 

 — which may be called to the attention of entomologists in 

 general. 



The first of these is the "Revisao do genero Triatoma Lap.," 

 by Dr. Arthur Neiva, of Rio de Janeiro. During the years 1910 

 to 1914, Dr. Neiva published a series of th.rteen papers on this 

 genus, some dealing with the biology of the Brazilian species, 

 some with the medical aspects of their ecology, and some with 

 their taxonomy. After studying the collections of the principal 

 museums in Europe and in North and South America, he des- 



'Contributions from the Entomological Laboratories of the Bussey Institution, Harvard 

 University, No. 204. 



