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GRASSHOPPERS AND OTHER INJURIOUS INSECTS OF 1911 AND 1912. 



A FEW HOUSEHOLD INSECTS. 



This department has continued its practice of pubhshing cir- 

 culars for free distribution from time to time, and among others 

 three have been issued during the 1911 and 1912 biennium upon 

 ''Household Insects." These contained illustrated articles on 

 Fleas, Bedbugs, Cockroaches, Carpet Beetles, Mosquitoes, Ants, 

 "Silver Fish," Crickets, etc., and are in part reproduced herewith. 



BEDBUGS. 



Cimex lectularius Linn. 



No housekeeper or landlord possessing any degree of pride is 

 going to allow this disgusting pest to obtain a foothold upon his or 

 her premises. Unfortunately its entrance into a house or hotel can- 

 not always be foreseen or prevented; travelers coming in contact 

 with people of careless habits, and occupying rooms, or berths in 

 Pullman cars which may be infested are likely to carry this unwel- 

 come pest either to another 

 hotel or into one's own 

 home, where the mere sug- 

 gestion of "bugs" drives a 

 housekeepr to desperation. 

 To the credit of the sleep- 

 ing car companies it may 

 be said that sleeping cars 

 appear to be surprisingly 

 free from infestation, due 

 probably to their process of 

 cleaning. 



Then, too, servants com- 

 ing into a house or hotel 

 from no one knows where 

 (frequently from cheap 

 lodging houses) sometimes 

 Fig. 57. Adult Bedbug, .mailed. Lugger. bring the pest with them. 



They may be, as is the case 

 with some people, absolutely indifferent to the presence or bite of 

 this insect, and therefore, the bugs increase unmolested in the ser- 



