Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . -Hippobosca eamelina. (Brown.) The true position of the Aphaniptera, or Fleas, is still aproblem. Systematic entomologists of the present day seem tothink that they are least out of place at the end of the Diptera. From these I have selected the best-known foreign Flea, theChigoe {Tulex penetrans). This insect burrows into the feet ofhuman beings, and, if left undisturbed, forms a globular hollowin which the young are reproduced. Many accounts of thisinsect have been published, but I giv
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . -Hippobosca eamelina. (Brown.) The true position of the Aphaniptera, or Fleas, is still aproblem. Systematic entomologists of the present day seem tothink that they are least out of place at the end of the Diptera. From these I have selected the best-known foreign Flea, theChigoe {Tulex penetrans). This insect burrows into the feet ofhuman beings, and, if left undisturbed, forms a globular hollowin which the young are reproduced. Many accounts of thisinsect have been published, but I give a short and graphicdescription by one of my brothers. 3 D 2. 772 INSECTS ABROAD. You ask me whether I am practically acquainted with theChigoe, Bather so; just a little; in fact, I may say that wehave heen on terms of most intimate acquaintance for someyears. As far as I have read upon the subject, a great deal ofrubbish has been written about the Chigoe. It is true that ourfriend is a great nuisance in his way, but in six years I have never known, or everheard, of anyone beingmuch the worse for theChigoe, though I haveseen some people too lazyto extract them until theirfeet were full of theirnests. As far as my ex-perience goes, I can onlystate that for six or eight4 2 \J$ days after they have made penetrans. ih™ entrance, there is no (Red-brown.) trouble beyond a slight itching, and then, if theyare extracted with any reasonable amount of care, the nest ofeggs comes away all correct. If it should be broken, whichwill happen sometimes, a pinch of snuff is put into the hole,and there is an end of the matter. I may be more thic
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