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and transparent, so that the blood can be seen in the 

 little creature's body ; they undergo no metamorphosis, 

 though they differ from the adult, 

 in having a broader head and 

 shorter and thicker antennae. They 

 attain their full size in eleven 

 weeks. Fumigation with brim- 

 stone, thoroughly done, is the 

 best cleansing of rooms troubled 

 with these pests. Of the Re- 

 daviidw, I shall mention only 

 THE SAM« WITHOUT DUST ^hc Beduvius persoiiatus, "the 

 COVERING. masked" Fly-bug, so called from 



its habit, in its larval stage, of covering itself with dust, 

 thus disguising its real self. It is said to be a devourer 

 of its relative, the Bed-bug; if so, all honour to Reduvius ! 

 The Lygceidw are for the most part small insects, 

 being often marked with red, black, and white spots. 

 The family, like that of the Coreidce, are distinguished 

 by longitudinous veins in the membranous portion of 

 the wings. Lygwus equestris is one of the most con- 

 spicuous species. 



The HoMOPTERA, the other sub-order of the Bhyncota, 

 contains those suctorial insects whose fore- wings, 

 whether thickened or membranous, are of a similar con- 

 sistency throughout. In the common little Frog-hopper 

 {Aphro2)hora spumaria) we have an instance of 

 thickened fore-wings homogeneous throughout, the hind 

 wings being membranous throughout ; in the Aphides 

 or Plant-lice the two pairs of wings are membranous 

 throughout. The sucking apparatus in the Homoptera 

 springs from the base of the head, very far back near 



