Key-catalogue of insects of importance in public health / by C.W. Stiles and Albert Hassall.

  • Charles Wardell Stiles
Date:
[1928]
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Credit: Key-catalogue of insects of importance in public health / by C.W. Stiles and Albert Hassall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1068C (1049). Group HOLOMETABOLA.—[C. 25a, 180.] See fl089, fll78, f 1327, fl328, f 1331, fl437, fl621, fl640. 1069 (1050). Subcl. or class PTERYGOGENEA Brauer, 1885, SAW Wien, 290 [C. 25a, 209.]; seu PTERYGOTA ° Lang, 1889, Lehrb. d. vergl. Anat., 2 Abt., 495.—[C. 25a, 214.] See fl070. 1070 (1085; 1086; 1089; 1090; 1091; 1092; 1093; 1097; 1101; 1102; 1103; 1110; 1113; 1163; 1171; 1178; 1326; 1327; 1328; 1331; 1437; 1621; 1640). Ord. ORTHOPTERA Olivier [“1814”], Encyl. meth., v. 8 (2), 550; seu DERMAPTERA deGeer, 1773, pars, cf. f 1171. — Cockroaches, grasshoppers, crickets, etc. [C. 25a, 231.] See fl071. For keys to groups in Canada andU. S. A., see Caudell, 1913, PUSNM, v. 44, 595-614. 1071 (1074; 1076). Subo. or ord. SALTATORIA deGeer, 1783, iv [not Owen, 1839, mammal; not arachn.]; seu ORTHOPTERAj—Grasshoppers, crickets. [C. 25a, 233; B. & M. 15a, 13.] Some are of tremendous agricultural importance as destroyers of crops. See fl072. 1072 (1073A). Locustidae 1 of authors.—Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts. Grasshopper plagues are of serious agricultural importance, controlled at least to some extent by f360 Mermithidae. In some outbreaks, the grasshoppers have fallen into the sea, washed ashore, and their decaying bodies have polluted the air to such an extent that this is alleged (!) to have caused many deaths; in other outbreaks they have befouled the roofs of houses, been carried by the rain to cisterns, and it is alleged that the water has caused dysentery because of mechanical irritation to the intestine by the chitinous structures. Used as food; sometimes candied; also locust salad. Locusts have been used as folks’ remedy (alcoholic extract of triturated bodies as cure for haemorrhoides; a Swedish Katydid, the “wart- biter,” alleged to cure warts). An African species alleged to carry cholera and foot-and-mouth disease long distances. An African Katydid reported as causing severe skin eruption. The Meadow Grasshopper (Orchelimum) can bite severely. The Mexican Sand-Cricket (Stenopelmatus) is reported to bite with severe results. 1073A (1072). Gryllidae Leach in Samouelle, 1819, Ent. Useful Comp., 300.—Crickets. [C. 25a, 242; B. & M. 15a, 14.] See fl073B. Some species have been used as food; other species have been used in folks’ therapeutics (ashes to cure weak eyesight and enlarged tonsils). 1073B. Gryllus Linn., 1758a, 342, 425; tsd. (1810) 21st. sp. campestris.—[C. 25a, 248; B. & M. 15a, 14.] Used as folks’ drug (boiled legs to prevent retention of urine). *luctuosus Serv., 1839, *Hist. nat. Ins. Orthopt., 335: Gryllus; Gryllus assimilis.—Destroys woolen clothing.—North America.* 1074 (1071). Subo. GRESSORIA Retz., 1783, iv.—[B. & M. 15a, 14.] See fl075A. 1075A (1075B). Phasmidae.—[C. 25a, 260.] A species, known as “ Karabidion,” on Woodlark Islands reported as used as food by natives. 1075B (1075A). Mantidae.—*Praying Mantis or Soothsayers. [C. 25a, 234, 262; B. & M. 15a, 16.] Popularly held in fear, but of no known medical importance. Cf. flUS and f 1171. 1076 (1071). Subo. CURSORIA [not Gray, 1849, rept.]; seu OOTHECARIA.— Roaches. [B. & M. 15a, 16.] See fl077. 1077. *Blattidae Steph., 1829, Syst. Cat. Brit. Ins., 303.—Cockroaches. [C. 25a, 234, 263; B. & M. 15a, 16.] Potentially, because of their filthy habits, roaches are possible mechanical distributers of filth and