1 82 Girault, Bibliography of the Bedbug, Cimex lectularius Linnaeus. 



1900. Tertrin, Paul, Punaise. La grande encyclopédie inventaire raisonné 

 • des sciences, des lettres et des arts par une société etc. (Berthelot, etc.), 

 Paris, tome vingt-septième, p. 960, fig. 



Brief account, with figure ventral aspect of the head; remedies. 

 igoi. B e atti e , W. R., The use of hydroc5'^anic acid gas for exterminating 

 household insects. Science, New York, XIV, new series, pp, 285—289. 

 Includes the bedbug in a general recommendation of the use of 

 this gas for fumigating houses. Experiments against roaches in a green- 

 house. Instructions. 

 igoi. Fletcher, James, Fleas and bedbugs. Montreal Family Herald 

 and Weekly Star, Montreal, Canada, May 29, 1901, p. 2. 



Answer to correspondent. Recommends treatment with various 

 contact insecticides, and as a last resort, fumigation with sulpher. 

 1902. a) Felt, Ephraim Porter, Bedbug, Acanthia lectularia Linn. 

 17^11 Rep. State Ent. on the injurious and other insects of the state of 

 New York. Bull. No. 53, New York State Museum, Albany, 1901, 

 pp. 803, 849. 



Treatment and references. 

 igo2. b) Idem (Anon.), Fumigation. The Country Gentleman, Albany, 

 p. 262. 



Answer to correspondent. Recommends fumigation, giving Louns- 

 bur37's (1902) results. 



1902. b) Howard, Leland Ossian, Hydrocyanic-acid gas against house- 

 hold insects. Circular No. 46, series 2, U. S. Dep. Agric, Division 

 Ent., Washington, 6 pp. 



An excellent remedy for household insects; practical demon- 

 stration of its value against the bedbug, Methods and manner of 

 handling. 



igo2. Lounsbury, Charles P., The treatment of buildings with hydro- 

 cyanic acid gas for the destruction of vermin. Rep. Government Ent. 

 f. the year 1901, Cape of Good Hope Dep. Agric, Cape Town, 

 pp. 74—87. 



Important practical account of the methods of fumigation for the 

 bedbug and so forth, giving all the necessary precautions and details. 



igo2. Lounsbury, Charles P., and Charles W. Mally, Hydrocyanic 

 acid gas notes. Proc. 13*^ Annual Meeting Association Economic Ent,, 

 Denver, Colorado, August, 1901. Bull. No. 31, new series, U. S. Dep. 

 Agric, Division Ent., Washington, pp. 75—80. 



Valuable account of the successful treatment of public buildings, 

 sleeping coaches, and so forth. Directions and explanations. The eggs 

 of lectularius supposedly killed. 



1903. Anonymous, To kill bedbugs. Journal American medical Associa- 

 tion, Chicago, XLI, p. 1362. 



Short note. Recommends a strong solution of mercuric bichloride 

 applied to bed. 

 1903. Washburn, F. L., Bedbugs. 8tii Annual Rep. State Ent. Minnesota 

 f. 1903, St. Anthon}?^ Park, p. 122. 



Remedy. 



