THE BU(?. 4J1 



Genus VIII. — Cimex. Hhe Bug. 



We are now to examine a tribe of Infecls equally re- 

 markable for their hideous appearance and their vora- 

 cious habits. Of this naufeous race Linnaeus reckons up 

 no lefs than an hundred and twenty-one different kinds, 

 all diftinguifaed bj thefe general characters : an inflcdled 

 roflrum ; antennse longer than the thorax ; wings folded 

 together crofswife ; the forepart of the upper ones cori- 

 aceous ; the back is flat, the thorax margined; and the 

 feet are formed for running *. 



For the fake of a clearer arrangement, this numerous 

 genus is diftributed into eleven different fe£tions or fami- 

 lies ; and among thefe the citnf:x leBuarius holds the firll 

 ftation. This troublefome inmate has attracted the notice 

 of almoft every naturaliilf ; and it were well for the reft 

 of mankind, that the knowledge of it had been confined 

 to them. By day, it lurks, like a robber, in the moft 

 fecret parts of the bed and apartment ; takes advantage 

 of every chink and cranny, to make a fecure lodgement, 

 and contrives its habitation with fo much art, that fcarce 

 any induftry can difcover its retreat. So cautioufly does 

 it avoid the light, that if candles, or allrcng fire, be kept 



burning, 



? Syftema Nst. Ord. II. Gen. 8. 



t Mouffet,p. 269. Bonani. Micro, p. 65. Rai Inf. p. 7. Aldrov. Int 



