42 PRINCIPAL HOUSEHOLD INSECTS. 



Tourney, describes similar results from a sting from one of these insects 

 in Arizona. The patient, a woman, broke out over the body and limbs 

 with red blotches or welts, like a severe case of measles, from a sting 

 on the shoulder. Bathing with sweet oil soon reduced the dangerous 

 symptoms, which were accompanied with severe headache and nausea. 

 Similar results following the puncture of this insect have been reported 

 from Indian Territory, Kansas, and elsewhere. Miss Kimball (1. c.) 

 says that some relief from the effects of the bites of this insect is 

 afforded by camphor, ammonia, and the ordinary remedies for insect 

 stings. 



To attempt to control the out-of-door multiplication of this insect is 

 manifestly out of the question, and in the screening of the entrances 

 of houses or chambers is the only practical method of protection. It 

 hardly needs stating that all examples found should be promptly 

 killed. 



