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rest, so as to give the insects an appearance some- 
what resembling the beetle tribe, we may select, 
as an example, the Chnex clavicornis, a smallish 
species, of a yellowish grey colour, and of an oval 
shape, with strongly veined and reticulated wings, 
and clavated antennae. It is found in many parts 
of Europe. 
Of the flat or membranaceous species the most 
remarkable is the Cimed^ corticatus of Drury, which 
is a native of tlie Brasils, and measures near an 
inch in length: its colour is a pale yellowish or 
reddish brown, and its whole aspect rather re- 
sembles a piece of thin vegetable bark, cut or 
nicked into the form of an insect. 
Of those in which the thorax is sharply spined 
on each side, the Cimex acanthmm is one of the 
most remarkable; it is of an oblong shape, with 
the abdomen as well as the thorax sharply spined 
on the edges: its colour is brown and it is a native 
of Jamaica. 
Of those in which the shoulders project on each 
side into the form of an obtuse spine, the common 
English species called the Green Cimex, Cimex 
haccariim of Linnaeus may stand as an example: 
this insect, which is of a beautiful green colour, 
measures nearly half an inch in length, and when 
the wdngs are expanded the back appears of a 
fine blueish black colour. It is observed tow^ards 
the end of Summer in fields and gardens, and often 
varies in being of a brown rather than a green 
colour. 
Among those with setaceous antemico is the 
