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INTRODUCTION. 
The “Assassin Bugs,” the family Reduviidae, in tfie United States form one 
of the more obscure groups of Rhynchota. Though the species are many, 
individuals are few and injure neither crops nor domestic animals. Half a 
dozen species have attracted attention at times by biting human beings with 
very painful results. One of them has been named “The Kissing Bug” for 
the lips have often been the point of attack. In spite of glaring newspaper 
headlines on the subject there is practically no chance of their becoming so 
numerous as to be dangerous to men and the bite is no . more likely to be 
fatal than a wasp’s sting, (Howard, 1899). Spiders have often been blamed 
for wounds undoubtedly inflicted by these bugs. 
