THE TRUE BUGS 



SUMMARY OF THE HEMIPTERA 



I. Suborder Heteroptera. Wings unlike. 



1 . Aquatic bugs. 



The water-boatmen (Corisidae). 

 The back-swimmers (Notonectidae). 

 The water-scorpions (Nepidae). 

 The giant water-bugs (Belostomidae\ 

 The water-striders (Hydrobatidae). 



2. Predacious bugs. 



The assassin-bugs (Reduviidae). 



The long-legged bugs (Emesidae). 



The damsel-bugs (Nabidae). 



The ambush-bugs (Phymatidae). 



The bedbugs (Acanthidae). 



The stink-bugs, or shield-shaped bugs (Pentatomidae*). 



3. Plant bugs. 



The stink-bugs, or shield-shaped bugs (Pentatomidde). 



The lace-bugs (Tingitidae). 



The leaf-bugs (Capsidae). 



The red-bugs (Pyrrhocoridae). 



The stilt-bugs (Berytidae). 



The chinch-bugs (Lygeidae). 



The squash-bugs (Coreidne). 



II. Suborder Parasita. Wingless parasites of animals. 

 III. Suborder Homoptera. Wings alike, translucent. 



1. The cicadas (Cicadidae), 



2. The plant-hoppers. 



The tree-hoppers (Menibracidae}. 



The frog-hoppers, or spittle insects (Cercopidae], 



The leaf-hoppers (Jassidae], 



3. The psyllas, or jumping plant-lice (Psyllidae). 



4. The plant-lice (Aphididae}. 



5. The scale insects (Coccidae], 



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