By C. L. Marlatt , Entomologist and Assistant Chief of Bureau .

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

ORIGIN; COMMON NAMES: DISTRIBUTION.

VARIETIES AND RELATED INSECTS.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS.

THE "BUGGY" ODOR.

HABITS AND LIFE HISTORY.

FOOD AND LONGEVITY.

INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE.

THE BITE OF THE BEDBUG.

THE BEDBUG AND HUMAN DISEASES.

NATURAL ENEMIES OF THE BEDBUG.

REMEDIES.

Contribution from the Bureau of Entomology, L. O. Howard, Chief.

THE BEDBUG.[1]