CLASS VIII. ORDER VII. 105 



wings 4, deflexed, convolute, lower ones plaited ; 

 Liud-legs formed for leaping ; claws double on all 

 the feet. 



ORDER 7. HEMIPTERA. 



Having four wings, the outer pair mostly with 

 the upper half crustaceous and the lower half mem- 

 tranaceous ; inner edges generally crossing each 

 other at an angle more or less acute. 



CIMEX, (bug, fruit-bug,) snout inflected ; anten- 

 nae longer than thorax ; wings 4, cross-complicate 

 or folded crosswise, the upper pair coriaceous on 

 the upper part ; back flat with the thorax mar- 

 gined ; feet formed for running. 



NEPA, (water-scorpion,) snout inflected ; wings 

 4, cross-complicate, coriaceous on the upper part ; 

 fore-feet cheliform, (forcipated) the rest formed 

 for walking. 



NOTONECTA, (boat-fly,) snout inflected ; anten- 

 nae shorter than thorax ; wings coriaceous on the 

 upper part and crossed over each other ; hind 

 feet edged with hairs and formed for swimming. 



CICADA, (american locust, caty-did, greeh-grass- 

 liopper,) snout inflected ; antennae very short, se- 

 taceous ; wings 4, membranaceous, deflected , 

 feet, in most species, formed for leaping. 



FULGORA, (lantern-fly,) head produced into an 

 inflated hollow front ; antennae beneath the eyes^ 

 of 2 joints, the exterior larger and globose ; snout 

 inflected ; feet formed for walking. 



CHERMES, (gall- bug,) snout pectoral ; antennsa 

 longer than thorax ; wings 4, deflexed ; thorax 

 gibbose ; feet formed for walking* 



