IQ8 Girault, Bibliography of the Bedbug, Cimex lectularius Linnaeus. 



1828. Guérin, Punaise. La punaise des lits, Cimex lectularius. Dictionnaire 

 classique d'histoire naturelle, Paris, tome quatorzième, p. 370. 

 Brief historical and biological note. 

 '1832. Griffith, Edward^ The animal kingdom arranged in conformity 

 with its organization by the Baron Cuvier, London, Insects, pi. 140. 

 From various authors. 

 1836. Edwards, Milne and Achille Comte, Cahiers d'histoire naturelle, 

 Paris, cinquième cahier, p. 52. pi. IV, fig. 13. 

 Brief notes, with poor figure of adult. 

 *i840. Blanchard, Emile, Histoire naturelle des insectes, Paris, p. iio. 

 From Reuter (1888). Cimex lectularius Linn. 

 1842. Patterson, Robert, The natural history of the insects mentioned 

 in Shakespeare's plays, London, p. 59. 



The word bug as used by Shakespeare equals bugbear, and 

 did not designate lectularius. Cf Landois (1868), p. 207, West- 

 wood (1840) and Butler (1893), 

 18^4. Emmons, Ebenezer, Natural history of New York, Albany. Agri- 

 culture, V, pp. 169—170. Separate, Rep. on the insects of the state 

 of New York, New York, 1855. 



General account of history and habits; oviposition. Recommends 

 fumigation with sulphur. 

 18S4. Jaeger, B. and H. C. Preston, The Bed-bug. (Cimex lectu- 

 larius.) The life of north american insects; illustrated by numerous, 

 colored engravings and narratives. Providence, pp. 92, 93—94, 112— 114. 

 Brief popular account. States that Goeze (1778) kept bedbugs 

 alive for six years without food. The latter reference is indefinite. 

 18s j. Küchenmeister, Friedrich, Acanthia lectularia =■ die gewöhn- 

 liche Bettwanze. Die in und an dem Körper des lebenden Menschen 

 vorkommenden Parasiten. Ein Lehr- und Handbuch der Diagnose und 

 Behandlung der thierischen und pflanzlichen Parasiten des Menschen. 

 Leipzig, I. Abteilung, pp. 448—450. Translation from 2"d German, 

 edit., London, Sj^denham Society, 1857 (Lankester), II, p. 85 — 86. 



Short account; comparative characters of the egg quoted from 



Leuckart ( ); time of appearance in different countries: diagnosis 



and treatment. 

 71858. b) Anonymous, Tabular view of the orders and leading families of 

 insects. Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 

 London, tables, Heteroptera. (undated). 

 Rather good figure of the adult. 

 1858. Milner,Ernestus, De animahbus animalium parasitis novoque eorum 

 genere isopodorum ordini adscribendo. Bonnae, MDCCCLVIII, p. 15. 

 Mentioned as Acanthia lectularia. 

 i860. Leunis, Johannes, Synopsis der Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs, 

 Hannover, zweite, gänzlich umgearbeitete *** Auflage, pp. 658—659, 

 fig- 376- Synopsis der drei Naturreiche. Leipzig. 



Condensed account , with poor figure ; remedies. "*** (Fleder- 

 mäuse und Schwalben fand ich mehreremal unter den Flügeln mit 

 Wanzen fast bedeckt); '^''^***/' 



