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INSECTS AT HOME. 



of curious little organs, like semi-circular combs, wliich are 

 at the base of the intermediate legs, are the representatives of 

 wings. The thorax is flat, and seems to be made almost 

 entirely of the iirst joints of the legs, which are very long in 

 proportion to the size of the body. 



There is a peculiarity in the legs of these insects which is 

 worthy of notice. The basal joint of the tarsus, instead of 



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1. Hsemobora pallipes. 2. Nycteribia Latrcilli. 



6. Do., leg. c. Do., mentnm. d. Nycteribia, leg. 



a. Hi^mobora, front view. 

 e. Do., head, side -view. 



being small and short, as is usually the case, is very long, and 

 in fact, though not so thick, is quite as long as the tibia itself. 

 Indeed, were it separated from the rest of the limb, it would be 

 certainly mistaken for the tibia. The claws, too, are so large 

 that they remind the observer of the sting of the scorpion. 

 One of the legs is shown at Fig. d of Woodcut LXXVIII. 



On Woodcut LXXVIII. is shown the insect popularly called 

 the Bat-Louse, because it is never found except on the bat. The 



