All the insects of this group, excepting one, consist of Plant Bugs (Penta- 

 tomidtt) Capsidce, &c.) of varied form and colour. The dark, long-bodied insect 

 creeping up the pailings, is the Reduvius personatus, a bug itself, but an enemy, 

 especially in its stage of larva, to our domestic horror Cimex hctularius. The 

 Plant Bug, on a branch of Southern-wood below, is remarkable for a pair of 

 singularly-shaped antennae, and its wings (not shown in the figure) are of a 

 beautiful violet-blue : the general colour of the insect is a dark olive. 



FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT OVER-NICE. 



" With ho ! such lugs and goblins in my life." 



OW that insects abroad are become compara- 

 tively few, it may be as well to notice several 

 of the race which are much too intimately 

 connected with home to be entirely overlooked, 

 though not certainly the most pleasing objects 

 of contemplation. 



