HEMIPTERA, 



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marked with black spots ; the forehead yellow, elongated, striped with 

 black, as are the legs. The elytra are straw-coloured and spotted 

 with brown. The wings are transparent, and slightly blackened at 



1. Hypsauchenia balista. 



2. Membracis foliata. 



Fig. 86. 



3. Centrotus cornutus. 



4. Umbonia Spinosa. 



5. Bocydium globulare. 



6. Cyphonia furcata; 



the extremities. This remarkable insect, which is not more than the 

 twelfth of an inch in length, jumps and flies with great ease. 



A small brownish insect, whose strange appearance struck 

 GeofFroy, the historian of the insects of the environs of Paris, may 



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