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naturally fond of turpentine woods.” Westwood says 
It is certain that they swarm in the American timber 
employed in the construction of new houses, and states 
a belief that they feed on the sap of that wood. It 
is, however, certain that these insects were known in 
England before 1666, for Mouffet, in his “ Theater of 
Insects” (Book ii., p. 1096-8), printed at London in 
1658, has a long chapter on them. He calls them 
Wall-lice, and speaks of them having been known in 
the year 1503. Still it is probable that these pests 
were not very common so early as that year. It is 
curious to observe that, although Shakspeare mentions 
bugs five times, in each case “bug” does not denote 
the insect, but is synonymous with “ bug-bear” or 
“hobgoblin.” The application of the term to the bed 
pest must, therefore, have been subsequent to Shak- 
peare’s time. The verse in Psalm 
xci. 5, now rendered “terror by 
night,” probably referring to 'W#* 
night attacks from enemies, is in 
Matthew’s Bible given, “ Thou 
shalt not be afraid of any bugs 
by night.” The word Bug or -M 
Bogie means an object of terror, 
from the cry of “ Bo!” or “ Boo!” 
a person utters when with covered Pia .f op REmTVIlTS PERS0:JATDS 
face he seeks to frighten children; COVERK1> WITH 
it is applied to tire insect in a secondary sense as an 
object of horror. The eggs of these creatures are, ac¬ 
cording to Westwood, for I do not know them myself, 
white and of an oval form, terminated by a cap which 
breaks off to let the young escape, which are white 
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