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FAMILY V. — PENTATOMID.E. 



chickens. She never leaves them, and as soon as she begins 

 to move all the little ones closely follow and whenever she stops 

 assemble in a cluster around her. "When a branch is cut which 

 is peopled by one of these families, the mother shows every 

 symptom of excessive uneasiness. In other circumstances such 

 an alarm would cause her immediate flight, but now she never 

 stirs from her young, but beats her wings incessantly with a 



Lateral angle 



Postero-latera! 

 margin 



Postero-lateral 



angle 

 -Clavus 



- Claval suture 



Point where 

 frenum ends'PK II 



Connexivum 



—f—f ~ Membranal 

 suture 



Fig. 17. Apateticua cynicus (Say). Dorsal view X 5. Illustrating parts used in 

 description of a Pentatomid. (After Parshley in "Hemiptera of Connecticut"). 



