ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



BEDUVIUS PERSONATUS. Fabr. 

 Cimex Personatus. Linn. 



This insect is oblong, and its general colour is a 

 sooty black : the antennae are situated contiguous to 

 the eyes : the basal joints are cylindrical and gradu- 

 ally increasing in thickness— the second joint is 

 twice the length of the first, the third and fourth are 

 as slender as a hair : the legs are of the same colour 

 as the body and rather long. This insect is said to 

 be " a great enemy to the bed-bug, and might be 

 employed in extirpating them. It is amongst the 

 largest species of the British Cimicidre. The larva is 

 generally covered with dust and filth, but the moment 

 it is touched it throws off its covering, as if it had 

 worn it merely for concealment." This insect is not 

 uncommon in the county of Norfolk, if we can judge 

 from the Norwich Collectors, for most of our speci- 

 mens have been received from them. One living 

 specimen only has come under our observation, 

 which was taken about sixteen years since, as early 

 as the month of March, on palings near Chigwell 

 Row, Essex, by the late Mr. Sharp, a most indus- 

 trious collector of insects : the day was excessively 

 wet, and the insect was in a spider's web, in the 

 sheltered part from the rain. Length 8§ lines. 



