HEMIPTERA 



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body is short, broad, and ver\^ convex. The scutellum is very 

 covering nearly the whole of the abdomen. The 

 lateral margins of the scutellum are not furnished 

 with grooves for receiving the edges of the hemelytra 

 as is the case in the two preceding families. The 

 tibise are smooth or furnished with small spines. 

 Figure 458 represents Eurygdster alterndtus somewhat 

 enlarged, and serv^es to illustrate the typical form of 

 members of this family. 



The family is represented in this country b}' 

 fourteen genera including twenty-six species. I have 

 met no account of any of our species occurring in 

 sufficient numbers to be of economic importance. 



large, 



