﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  325 
  

  

  has 
  been 
  as 
  much 
  tearing 
  of 
  tissues 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  case 
  as 
  the 
  above 
  men- 
  

   tioned, 
  as 
  there 
  is, 
  when 
  Culex 
  settles 
  on 
  a 
  place 
  rich 
  in 
  blood, 
  and, 
  

   with 
  a 
  single 
  probing, 
  draws 
  its 
  fill. 
  The 
  amount 
  of 
  poisonous 
  effect 
  

   upon 
  me, 
  as 
  proved 
  by 
  numerous 
  experiments, 
  is 
  in 
  direct 
  proportion 
  to 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  time 
  the 
  Culex 
  has 
  occupied 
  in 
  actually 
  drawing 
  blood. 
  

   The 
  above-mentioned 
  facts 
  would 
  indicate 
  a 
  constant 
  outpouring 
  of 
  

   some 
  sort 
  of 
  poisonous 
  fluid 
  during 
  the 
  blood-sucking 
  process." 
  

  

  Palliatives 
  of 
  the 
  Bite. 
  

   Various 
  applications 
  have 
  been 
  recommended 
  and 
  are 
  employed 
  to 
  

   alleviate 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  bite, 
  such 
  as 
  vinegar, 
  lavender 
  water, 
  salt 
  and 
  

   water, 
  spirits 
  of 
  camphor, 
  ammonia, 
  etc. 
  Pressing 
  the 
  puncture 
  and 
  

   forcing 
  out 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  blood, 
  and 
  with 
  it 
  the 
  injected 
  poison, 
  has 
  also 
  

   been 
  prescribed, 
  but 
  beyond 
  doubt 
  the 
  best 
  method 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  adopted 
  

   is 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  When 
  the 
  bite 
  is 
  first 
  felt, 
  resist 
  the 
  natural 
  impulse 
  to 
  

   crush 
  the 
  creature 
  and 
  stoically 
  endure 
  the 
  trifling 
  pain, 
  while 
  you 
  add 
  

   to 
  the 
  stock 
  of 
  your 
  entomological 
  knowledge 
  by 
  critically 
  observing 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  delicacy 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  modus 
  operandi 
  of 
  the 
  performance, 
  

   particularly 
  noting 
  the 
  disposition 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  sheath 
  while 
  the 
  contained 
  

   case 
  of 
  instruments 
  are 
  being 
  buried 
  in 
  the 
  flesh. 
  A 
  brief 
  period 
  of 
  

   forbearance 
  will 
  suffice 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  abdomen 
  of 
  the 
  skillful 
  phlebotomist 
  

   to 
  its 
  utmost 
  capacity 
  — 
  the 
  gradual 
  enlargement 
  and 
  the 
  deep 
  purpling 
  

   of 
  which 
  through 
  its 
  thin 
  and 
  distended 
  walls 
  you 
  may 
  watch. 
  The 
  fill 
  

   obtained, 
  the 
  lancets 
  will 
  be 
  leisurely 
  withdrawn 
  and 
  repacked 
  in 
  their 
  

   case, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  prolonged 
  draught 
  taken 
  through 
  them 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   injected 
  poison 
  will 
  have 
  been 
  withdrawn. 
  If 
  you 
  are 
  not 
  able 
  at 
  this 
  

   juncture 
  to 
  say 
  with 
  Sterne's 
  Uncle 
  Toby, 
  " 
  go, 
  poor 
  insect, 
  the 
  world 
  is 
  

   wide 
  enough 
  for 
  you 
  and 
  me," 
  then, 
  if 
  your 
  study 
  has 
  failed 
  to 
  repay 
  you, 
  

   revenge 
  yourself 
  in 
  her 
  death 
  as 
  she 
  assays 
  with 
  her 
  stolen 
  burden 
  to 
  fly 
  

   slowly 
  away. 
  If 
  you 
  terminate 
  her 
  existence 
  while 
  the 
  lancets 
  are 
  buried 
  

   in 
  your 
  flesh, 
  their 
  barbed 
  ends 
  together 
  with 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  poison 
  will 
  

   remain 
  in 
  the 
  wound 
  to 
  irritate 
  and 
  exact 
  of 
  you 
  the 
  penalty 
  of 
  a 
  wasted 
  

   opportunity 
  and 
  an 
  unscientific 
  proceeding. 
  You 
  might, 
  at 
  least, 
  if 
  you 
  

   feel 
  that 
  you 
  have 
  no 
  contribution 
  to 
  make 
  to 
  Madame, 
  indmate 
  to 
  her 
  

   by 
  a 
  gentle 
  touch 
  of 
  the 
  finger, 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  quite 
  as 
  agreeable 
  to 
  you 
  

   if 
  she 
  would 
  present 
  that 
  little 
  bill 
  somewhere 
  else. 
  A 
  million 
  lessened 
  

   by 
  one, 
  would 
  aid 
  but 
  slightly 
  in 
  the 
  extermination 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  your 
  

   immediate 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  