CATALOGUE OF HEMIPTERA. 



Order HEMIPTERA. 



Mouth consisting of a 3- or 4 -jointed rostrum, containing 

 within it 4 setae, arising from the anterior portion of the lower 

 surface of the head. 



Wings 4 ; the anterior pair (elytra) divided generally into two 

 distinct portions, of which the basal is coriaceous, the apical 

 membranous ; the membranous portion is sometimes wanting. 

 Second pair of wings membranous, sometimes wanting. Tarsi 

 of 1-3 joints. Metamorphosis incomplete. 



Hemiptera, p., Linn. Syst.. Nat. i. (1758); Geoff. Ins. i. 410 



(1764). 



Proboscidea, Scop. Ent. Cam. 112 (1763). 

 Rhyngota, p., Fab, Syst. Ent. (1775). 

 Dermaptera, Eetz. (1783). 



Hemimeroptera, p., Clairv. Ent. Helv.-4k%%798). 

 Hemipteres, p., Dum. Zool. Anal. 261 (1806). 

 Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Latr. Cons. 250 (1810) ; Dufour, Reck. 



(1833); Spin. Hem. (1837); Kolenati,Mel.ii.42 (1845); Am. 



fy Serv. Hem. 11 (1843). 



Hemiptera, Leach, Ed. Enc. ix. 120 (1815) ; Lap. Hem. (1832). 

 Hemipteres-frontales, Lamb. Hist. Nat. iii. 486 (1816). 

 Hemiptera Frontirostria, Zetterstedt, Faun. Lapp. i. 459 (1828). 

 Rhynchota, p., Burm. Handb. ii. (1835). 

 Heteroptera, Westwood, Int. ii. 450 (1840). 



Section I. GEOCORES. 



Antennae not concealed in a cavity under the eyes, generally 

 projecting in front of the head, at least as long as the head and 



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