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in the meso- or metathorax, and, if in tin- latter pi 



ning between the hind legs. .M;m\ an less, and in 



som< arewingless. The definition of the 



families, and their arrangement, are taken from P. K. dhler's 

 acconnl of the Eemiptera in "The Standard Natural 



Family Corisidae — Aquatic insects, with broad head-. Battened 

 bodies, and swimming feet, the beak passing through a little hole 

 above the actual end of the clypeus. 



Family Notonectidae. — Boat-shaped, aquatic forms, differing from 

 all other Hemiptera by swimming <>n their backs. Nolo 

 undulata Say. 



Family Nepidae — Flat-bodied aquatic insects, the body 

 :iL r in two 1 < > 1 1 ir respiratory tubes. Voracious and. as in 

 Say), destructive to fishes and tadpoles 

 from its large Bize and powerful beak. 



Family Naucoridae. — Flat-bodied, oval, withi idal 



tubes. /' i (Pal. B 



mily Galgulidae —Insects living by th< f ponds 



and Btreams, with the hind legs adapt* d for runuin 

 ijulus oculatui Fabr 



Family Saldidae. — Small, leaping, dull • 

 with the head free 9 i ruerin. 



Family Hydrobatidae . — Tin- water-boatmen hai 

 limbs, wherry-like bodies, and row themselves on the Burface 

 of the water! Qerris (Hygrotrechus Say; 



IT-/ .7 White lives on the ocean far from land. 



Family Veliidea. — Body short and deep, with short l< 



I Fhler. 



Family Hydrometridae. — Dull brown 

 long legs fitted for walking <>n the sur- 

 f ace of pools and brooks. Uydrometra 

 lineaia Say. 



Family Emesida?. -Body extremely 

 slender, "with thread-like middle and 

 hind legs, bul with Bpinous, raptorial 

 fore 1 !gs. E D G* er. 



Famih Reduviidae — Body thick. 

 with short coxae, the fore legs set far 

 back. ( bnorMnui » Lee, a 



large red-spotted bug, which inflicts a 

 severe puncture. V at ■ '■■■■'■ - Fabr. 



Family Nabidae -Body oblong, with 

 a thick head ending in a long slender 

 beak. .v Stein ; ( 



/« rttt Linn. 



Family Aradidae.- l>"dy very flat, dead-leaf-bn 

 on natus Say. 



Family Phymatidse. — Body thicker; forelegs rapl rial. 

 • Herr-Sch. 



Family Tingitidae— Small, very tlat bugs living on 1< aves. Cory 



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: linear shape, with 



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