186 CATALOGUE OF 



* Prothorax longer than broad. Fore tibise snorter by 



half than the fore femora. - - - - Curicta. 



** Prothorax equally long and broad, or shorter than 

 broad. Fore tibise a little shorter than the fore 

 femora, 

 f Prothorax hardly or very slightly sinuated at the base. Nepa. 



ff Prothorax distinctly sinuated at the base. 

 X Abdomen with short apical appendages. - Borborophieus. 



+J Abdomen with very long apical appendages. - Laccotrephes. 



B. Body slender, very long. 



a. Fore coxae very long. ----- Ranatra. 



b. Fore coxa short. ----- Cekcotmetus. 



Genus 1. NEPA. 



Nepa, Linn. Faun. Suec. 906. Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. Burnt. Handb. Ent. 

 ii. 195. Serv. Hist. Hem. 437. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 101. Dougl. and 

 Scott, Hem. 583. 



Europe. 

 1. Nepa cinerea. 

 -, Stall, Ptm.ii.pl. 1, £2. Geoffr. Ins.i. 481, pi. 1. Deg. 



Zns. iii. 361, pi. 18, f. 1—13— Nepa cinerea, Linn. Syst. AW. i. 2, 714 ; 

 Faun. Suec. 906. Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 63; Syst. Rhyn. 107. Tign. 

 Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. 249, pi. 5, f. 6. Lair. Hist. Nat. Ins. xii. 284, pi. 

 95, f. 8 ; Gen. iii. 148. Oliv. Enc. viii. 190, pi. 374, f. 12. Fait. 

 Hem. Suec. 170. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 196. Bruit. 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 — /. England. 



m, n. France. 



o. Spain. Presented by Major Parry. 



p. Malaga. Presented by H. Woodward, Esq. 



q, r. Amurland. From Mr. Higgins' collection. 



Div. 2. 

 Laccotrephes, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 186. 



2. Nepa Fabricii. 



Nepa grossa, Fabr. 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'. Enc. viii. 189. 

 Serv. Hist. Hem. 440. H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 29— Laccotrephes 

 grossus, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 186. 



Senegal. 



