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rest, so as to give the insects an appearance some- 

 what resembling the beetle tribe, we may select, 

 as an example, the Cimex clavicornis, a smallish 

 species, of a yellowish grey colour, and of an oval 

 shape, with strongly veined and reticulated wings, 

 and clavated antennae. It is found in man}' parts 

 of Europe. 



Of the flat or membranaceous species the most 

 remarkable is the Cimex corticatus of Drury, which 

 is a native of the Brasils, and measures near an 

 inch in length: its colour is a pale yellowish or 

 reddish brown, and its whole aspect rather re- 

 sembles a piece of thin vegetable bark, cut or 

 nicked into the form of an insect. 



Of those in which the thorax is sharply spined 

 on each side, the Cime.v acatitharis is one of the 

 most remarkable: it is of an oblong shape, with 

 the abdomen as well as the thorax sharply spined 

 on the edges: its colour is brown and it is a native 

 of Jamaica. 



Of those in which the shoulders project on each 

 side into the form of an obtuse spine, the common 

 English species called the Green Cimex, Cime.v 

 baccarum of Linnaeus may stand as an example: 

 this insect, which is of a beautiful green colour, 

 measures nearly half an inch in length, and when 

 the wings are expanded the back appears of a 

 fine blueish black colour. It is observed towards 

 the end of Summer in fields and gardens, and often 

 varies in being of a brown rather than a green 

 colour. 



Among those with setaceous antennas is the 



