﻿Order 
  HEMIPTERA. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  true 
  "bugs," 
  or 
  "half-winged" 
  insects 
  so 
  termed, 
  becau«e 
  

   the 
  fore-wings 
  have 
  the 
  base 
  thicltened 
  and 
  the 
  tips 
  membraneous. 
  The 
  

   same 
  character 
  also 
  gives 
  them 
  the 
  name 
  Heteroptera 
  or 
  different 
  

   winged, 
  and 
  not 
  infrequently 
  the 
  two 
  are 
  combined 
  into 
  Hemiptera- 
  

   Heteroptera 
  as 
  against 
  the 
  Hemiptera-Homoptera. 
  In 
  this 
  series 
  the 
  

   beak 
  is 
  always 
  more 
  free 
  and 
  the 
  head 
  more 
  mobile 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  Homop- 
  

   tera, 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  the 
  beak 
  can 
  be 
  projected 
  straight 
  forward 
  like 
  

   a 
  snout. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  visible 
  joints 
  in 
  the 
  rostrum 
  varies, 
  the 
  ap- 
  

   parently 
  three-jointed 
  forms 
  with 
  short, 
  thick 
  rostree, 
  being 
  usually 
  preda- 
  

   tory, 
  while 
  those 
  which 
  have 
  it 
  four-jointed, 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  are 
  more 
  

   generally 
  plant 
  feeders, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  numerous 
  exceptions. 
  The 
  trans- 
  

   formations 
  are 
  always 
  incomplete 
  and 
  feeding 
  is 
  always 
  done, 
  in 
  all 
  

   stages, 
  by 
  piercing 
  and 
  sucking, 
  whether 
  of 
  plant 
  or 
  animal 
  tissues. 
  In 
  

   the 
  species 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  beak 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  foui'-jointed 
  it 
  often 
  bends 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  when 
  the 
  insect 
  is 
  feeding, 
  the 
  lancets 
  only 
  being 
  inserted 
  

   and 
  the 
  terminal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  beak 
  serving 
  to 
  steady 
  and 
  guide. 
  Many 
  

   injurious 
  and 
  some 
  destructive 
  species 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  order 
  in 
  which, 
  

   by 
  the 
  bye, 
  many 
  have 
  peculiar 
  and 
  disagreeable 
  odors. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  edition 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  this 
  order 
  

   has 
  increased 
  greatly 
  and 
  the 
  classification 
  has 
  been 
  materially 
  changed, 
  

   while 
  still 
  greater 
  modifications 
  are 
  proposed. 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  R. 
  de 
  la 
  Torre 
  

   Bueno, 
  who 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  younger 
  students, 
  has 
  very 
  kindly 
  suggested 
  

   the 
  present 
  arrangement 
  along 
  very 
  conservative 
  lines, 
  and 
  he 
  has 
  added 
  

   much 
  information 
  and 
  many 
  records 
  to 
  the 
  list. 
  In 
  fact, 
  as 
  it 
  stands, 
  

   it 
  is 
  really 
  his 
  list 
  with 
  other 
  records 
  added, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  Capsidse, 
  or, 
  

   as 
  they 
  are 
  known, 
  the 
  Miridae, 
  in 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Otto 
  Heidemann 
  has 
  again 
  

   arranged 
  the 
  series 
  for 
  me. 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  G. 
  Barber, 
  of 
  Roselle 
  Park, 
  New 
  Jer- 
  

   sey, 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  good 
  enough 
  to 
  look 
  over 
  the 
  list 
  critically, 
  and 
  he 
  

   has 
  corrected 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  Paulmier 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  edition, 
  the 
  

   collection 
  of 
  that 
  gentleman 
  having 
  come 
  into 
  Mr. 
  Barber's 
  hands 
  after 
  

   the 
  death 
  of 
  its 
  maker. 
  

  

  Quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Uhler 
  manuscript 
  names 
  have 
  been 
  omitted, 
  and, 
  

   although 
  over 
  100 
  names 
  have 
  been 
  added, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  not 
  

   authenticated 
  by 
  actual 
  records 
  is 
  lessened 
  rather 
  than 
  increased. 
  About 
  

   400 
  species 
  are 
  here 
  listed. 
  Mr. 
  Bueno 
  thinks 
  that 
  at 
  least 
  500 
  occur 
  in 
  

   the 
  State, 
  and 
  this 
  leaves 
  plenty 
  of 
  opportunity 
  for 
  additional 
  work 
  by 
  

   collectors. 
  

  

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