. Handbook of medical entomology. Insect pests; Insects as carriers of disease; Medical parasitology. 20. Reduvius (Opsicoetus) personatus. (x2). cause severe, shooting pains that may extend through- out the arm and that they may be felt for several days. Relief from the pain may be obtained by the use of dilute ammonia, or a menthol ointment. In the not vincommon case of secondary infection the usual treatment for that should be adopted. The Reduviidae, or assassin-bugs are cap- able of inflicting very painful wounds, as most collect- ors of Hemip- tera know to their or flicker, was heard to
. Handbook of medical entomology. Insect pests; Insects as carriers of disease; Medical parasitology. 20. Reduvius (Opsicoetus) personatus. (x2). cause severe, shooting pains that may extend through- out the arm and that they may be felt for several days. Relief from the pain may be obtained by the use of dilute ammonia, or a menthol ointment. In the not vincommon case of secondary infection the usual treatment for that should be adopted. The Reduviidae, or assassin-bugs are cap- able of inflicting very painful wounds, as most collect- ors of Hemip- tera know to their or flicker, was heard to utter cries of distress, and fluttered and fell from a tree. On exam- ination it was found that a bug of this species had inserted its beak into the back part of the skull and was apparently busily engaged in sucking the blood or brains of the bird. Various species of Belostoma have been cited as causing painful bites in man. We can testify from personal experience that the bite of Belostoma americana may almost immedi- ately. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Riley, William A. (William Albert), b. 1876; Johanssen, Oskar Augustus, 1870-. Ithaca, N. Y. , The Comstock Publishing Company
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