. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . with pre3ing upon the bedbug,and its attacks on manmaj be interpreted, if oneso chooses, as an indica-tion of a lack of its nor-mal food. MdfiHolestcs picipes. , pirate bug. Blaclithroughout, about 15 , closely resembles theIViUowiug except in hav-ing the imiform blackI nfor. About equal! ycommon throughout theNorthern United States,and extending south andwest, occurring also in3Iexico. It does not or-dinarily occur in houses,but imder logs and stones,w
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . with pre3ing upon the bedbug,and its attacks on manmaj be interpreted, if oneso chooses, as an indica-tion of a lack of its nor-mal food. MdfiHolestcs picipes. , pirate bug. Blaclithroughout, about 15 , closely resembles theIViUowiug except in hav-ing the imiform blackI nfor. About equal! ycommon throughout theNorthern United States,and extending south andwest, occurring also in3Iexico. It does not or-dinarily occur in houses,but imder logs and stones,where it preys upon vari-ous kinds of insects. Itbites severeh, but onlywhen handled, probablynever making an unpro-voked attack on man., ?mi.^ amcricana. ^[ffi^iestes,dMhu, H. bchf., pa-ate bug. Dis- v.—11 Fig. 2880.—Rostrum of Side view of rostrum; d, ros-trum from above; c, oue of themandibles entire and the the otheT anil of the two max-illa?: /, of mandiblemore stronfjl\ maj^aiirled, with re-curved teeth ; *, lalniim : y, an-tenna. (After Westvvood.). tinguished from the jireceding by having the abdomen,at least along the border, of a bright red color. It has attimes been considered as a variety, but no very satisfac-torj proof is is very freciueutly avariation in the wing lengthor the occurrence of apter-ous individuals, especiallyamong the females, asshown in the figure. Thebeak is powerful, and thebite, like that of the pre-ceding species, very pain-ful. The habits are similar,and they will be found inlike situations; whencaught they should behandled in such mannerthat they cannot thrust thebeak into the llesh. Rasahus hiyuttatus Sa}., Corsair. Alarge, strong species aboutthree-fourths of an inch (16ram.) long, black with prothorax, and a large orange-yellow roundspot on the membrane of elytra. Distributed over theSoutheastern United States, where it is a r
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