POULTRY INSECTS 157 



The Cuban hen flea "^ (Echidnophaga gallina- 



ceus) 

 Order — Siphonaptera 



The flea occurs in the Southern States and at 

 times becomes abundant and very irritating espe- 

 cially to sitting hens ; they attach themselves to the 

 face, to the wattles, comb, etc., and suck the blood; 

 they finally drop off when mature and lay their 

 eggs among the debris in the nest. 



Control — Same as for hen flea. 



Chicken tick ^ (Argus m'miatns) 

 Order — Acarina 



Occurs in Texas in injurious numbers. 



Chicken or fowl-bug {Hccmato siphon inodorus) 

 Order — Hemiptera 



This is a bug closely allied to the bedbug and it 

 sometimes attacks sitting hens while on their nests. 

 Control — Dust fowls with fresh Buhach. 



Common bedbug (Cimex lectularms) 

 Order — Hemiptera 



Sometimes a pest in poultry houses. 



'^ Herrick — Jour. Ec. Ent, Vol. I, p. 355. 



8 Bishopp — U. S. Dept. Agr., Par's' Bull. 1070. 



