186 CATALOGUE OF 
* Prothorax longer than broad. Fore tibiae shorter by 
half than the fore femora. - - - - CurictTa. 
** Pyothorax equally long and broad, or shorter than 
broad. Fore tibie a little shorter than the fore 
femora. 
+ Prothorax hardly or very slightly sinuated at the base. Nepa. 
++ Prothorax distinctly sinuated at the base. 
t+ Abdomen with short apical appendages. - BorBoROPHILUS. 
+t Abdomen with very long apical appendages. - LaccoTREPHES. 
B. Body slender, very long. 
a. Fore coxe very long. - - - - - RanaTRa. 
b. Fore coxe short. - - - - - CERCOTMETUS. 
Genus 1. NEPA. 
Nepa, Linn. Faun. Suec. 906. Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. Burm. Handb. Ent. 
ii. 195. Serv. Hist. Hem. 437, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 101. Dougl. and 
Scott, Hem. 583. 
Europe. 
1. NEPA CINEREA. 
» Stoll, Pun. ii. pl. 1, £2.  Greoffr. Ins. i. 481, pl. 1. Deg. 
Ins. iii. 361, pl. 18, f. 1—13—Nepa cinerea, Linn. Syst. Nat.i.2, 714; 
Fuun. Suec. 906. Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 63; Syst. Rhyn. 107. Tign. 
Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. 249, pl. 5, f.6. Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xii. 284, pl. 
95, £.8; Gen. iii. 148. Oliv. Ene. viii. 190, pl. 374, f.12. Fall. 
Hem. Suec.170. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 196. Brull. Hist. Nat. Ins. 
ix. 265. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 90. Serv. Hist. Hem. 440. 
Fieb. Eur. Hem. 102. Dougl. and Scott, Hem, 584. 
a—l, England. 
m,n. France. 
o. Spain. Presented by Major Parry. 
p- Malaga. Presented by H. Woodward, Esq. 
q,7. Amurland. From Mr. Higgins’ collection. 
Div. 2. 
Laccotrephes, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 186. 
2. Neva Fasricil. 
Nepa grossa, I’abr. Syst. Rhyn. 107—Laccotrephes grossus, Stal, Hem. 
Afr. iii. 186—Laccotrephes Fabricii, Stal, Hem. Fabr. iii. 186. 
Guinea. 
3. NEPA GROSSA. 
grossa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 62; Syst. Rhyn. 107. Oliv. Ene. viii. 189. 
Serv. Hist. Hem. 440. H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 29—Laccotrephes 
grossus, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 186. 
Senegal. 
