SYNOPSIS OF THE HEYTEROPTERA. its? 
SYNOPSIS OF THE HETEROPTERA. 
(True Bugs). 
The Short-horned Bugs. Bugs with short antennz, which are 
nearly or quite concealed beneath the head. 
Bugs that live within water. 
The Water-boatman, FAMILY CORISIDAE. 
The Back-swimmers, FAMILY NOTONECTIDAE. 
The Water-scorpions, FAMILY NEPIDAE. 
The Giant Water-bugs, FAMILY BELOSTOMATIDAE. 
The Creeping Water-bugs, FAMILY NAUCORIDAE. 
Bugs that live near water. 
The Toad-shaped Bugs, FAMILY GALGULIDAE. 
The Long-horned Bugs. Bugs with antennz at least as long 
as the head, and prominent, except in the Phymatide, 
where they are concealed under the sides of the pro- 
thorax. 
The Semi-aquatic Bugs. 
The Shore-bugs, FAMILY SALDIDAE. 
The Broad-shouldered Water-striders, FAMILY VELIIDAE. 
The Water-striders, FAMILY HYDROBATIDAE. 
The Marsh-treaders, FAMILY LIMNOBATIDAE. 
The Land-bugs. 
The Land-bugs with four-jointed antenne. 
The Thread-legged Bugs, FAMILY EMESIDAE. 
The Assassin-bugs, FAMILY REDUVIIDAE. 
The Damsel-bugs, FAMILY NABIDAE. 
The Ambush-bugs, FAMILY PHYMATIDAE, 
The Flat-bugs, FAMILY ARADIDAE. 
The Lace-bugs, FAMILY TINGITIDAE. 
The Bed-bug and the Flower-bugs, FAMILY ACANTHIIDAE. 
The Leaf-bugs, FAMILY CAPSIDAE. 
_The Red-bug Family, FAMILY PYRRHOCORIDAE. 
