BED BUG. 285 



the fore part of the head being of very large size, hollow, 

 and inflated. 



Great Lantern Fly. The hollow, or lantern, on the 

 head of these insects, is luminous in the dark ; and so 

 vivid, that a person might easily read by it. The use of 

 this light is, no doubt, to point out the sexes to each other 

 in the dark. The Great Lantern Flies are natives of South 

 America, and are sometimes so large, as to measure be- 

 twixt three and four inches in length. 



European Lantern Fly. This is a small species, which 

 is sometimes, though rarely, found in England. The front 

 of the head is conical, and the body green. The wings 

 are transparent, and the under parts of the legs are red. 



9. CIMEX OR BUU TRIBE. 



Many of the Bugs subsist by sucking the juices of other 

 insects, and of animals, but the greater part of them feed 

 on plants. Nearly all the species have a strong and dis- 

 agreeable smell. 



Bed Bug. These nauseous and troublesome insects are 

 mentioned by Aristophanes, and other Greek writers. 

 They are generally supposed to have been first brought into 

 England in the fir timber employed in rebuilding the city 

 of London, after the great fire. They feed on blood, dried 

 paste, size, deal, beech, or willows; but it is said that they 

 cannot subsist on oak, walnut, cedar, or mahogany. Each 

 female lays about fifty white eggs at a time, and this at no 

 fewer than four seasons of the year. Bugs attain their 

 full growth in about eleven weeks. 



