798 A. E. Verrill — The Bermuda Islands. 



j. — Hemiptera. (Bugs; Scale-insects; Plant-lice; Thrips, etc.) 



The Cicada Bermudiana (p. 736) was the only insect of this order 

 mentioned by the early writers. It is probable, however, that vari- 

 ous other less conspicuous native species existed. But as most of 

 the known injurious species feed on introduced plants and are com- 

 mon North American or European species, it is pretty certain that 

 they have been mostly introduced with the plants. However, those 

 plants that have been introduced only by means of seeds have thus 

 often escaped the aphids and scale-insects that infest them in their 

 native countries. A number of species in our collection are still 

 undetermined. See Addenda. 



The Bed-bug (Acanthia, or Cimex, lectularius), and the various 

 species of parasites that infest man and the domestic animals, were 

 doubtless introduced from Europe by the earliest settlers. 



Pentatomids ; Leaf-bugs. — Several members of this family occur, 

 but only a few have been determined.* A green Leaf -bug (Nezara 

 viridula (L.), which lives on the leaves of various trees, is light 

 green, with the membrane and wings transparent ; three white spots 

 on the scutellum ; abdomen keeled ; venter yellowish. It is widely 

 distributed in warm countries : West Indies ; South America ; Africa ; 

 South Europe ; southern United States ; India ; East Indies, etc. 

 See Howard, Ins. Book, pi. xxx, fig. 32. 



It is probably the same as Rhaphiga&ter prasinus (L.) Dallas, 

 Catal. Hem. Brit. Mus., i, p. 274, recorded by J. M. Jones, 1876. 

 He also recorded another related species, as R. cydmis. 



Cedar-berry Bug. (Banasa euchlora Stal.) Plate xcviii; fig. 1. — 

 This species was first recorded by J. M. Jones. 



A specimen, taken at St. David's I. in October, was sent to me by 

 Miss V. Havward, with the information that it feeds on cedar berries 

 in autumn, when it becomes common, and that when living it is very 

 malodorous. The body and front wings are bright light green ; 

 hind wings pale heliotrope-purple. Expanse, 18 ram . 



* The larva of a large Leaf-bug was sent by Mr. L. Mowbray, in November. 

 Body short, broad, depressed ; length, ll mm ; breadth, 9.5 ram . Scutellum 

 broader than long ; thorax closely and rather coarsely punctate, dark brown, 

 the sutures bordered with light chestnut brown ; front of head brownish yellow; 

 abdomen, above, dark brown centrally, yellowish laterally, and margined with 

 orange ; a narrow black line along the thin edges of the segments and running 

 inward so as to make a bracket-shaped mark on each segment ; legs mostly 

 black ; wing-pads dark brown, Avith lighter edges. Mr. Otto Heideniann, who 

 has examined the specimen, thinks it is probably a Nezara. 



