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name indicates, they are supposed, in Texas, to kill cows. 

 At the same time, the name is an indication of the severity 

 of the sting. 



Most persons are acquainted with the paper wasps, 

 commonly known as hornets and yellow-jackets. The 

 stings of these insects are certainly most effective organs 

 of defense. The effect varies among different individuals. 

 The wounds are very painful and produce much inflamma- 

 tion and prodigious swelling on some individuals, while on 

 others unless stung many times the effect is transient. 



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1854-55. LECONTE, J. L. Redumus pungens. Proc. Acad. Nat. 

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1872. LINTNER, J. A. Biography of Hemileiica maia. Ent. 

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1873. RILEY, C. V. Stinging larvae. Fifth Rept. Nox. Ins. Mo., 

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1883. SNOW, F. H. Hominivorous habits of the "screw-worm." 

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1888. LINTNER, J. A. Melanolestes picipes. Fourth Rept. Ins. 

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1889. The hag-moth caterpillar. Fifth Rept. Ins. N. Y., 



pp. 183-192. 



1892. BLANCHARD, R. Sur les (Estrides americaines dont la 

 larve vit dans la peau de l'homme. Annales de la Societe 

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1896. MARLATT, C. L. The blood-sucking cone-nose. Bull. 4, 

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