124 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 



the student in learning the characters of the families of this 

 suborder : 



SYNOPSIS OF THE HETEROPTERA. 



The Short-horned Bugs. Bugs with short antennae, which are 

 nearly or quite concealed beneath the head. 

 Bugs that live within water. 



The Water-boatmen, Family Corisid^e. (p. 129.) 

 The Back-swimmers, Family Notonectid^e. (p. 130.) 

 The Water scorpions, Family Nepid^e. (p. 130.) 

 The Giant Water-bugs, Family Belostomid^e. (p. 131.) 

 The Creeping Water-bugs, Family Naucorid^e. (p. 133.) 

 Bugs that live near water. 



The Toad-shaped Bugs, Family Galgulid^e. (p. 133.) 

 The Long-horned Bugs. Bugs with antennae at least as long as 

 the head, and prominent except in the Phymatidce, where 

 they are concealed under the sides of the prothorax. 

 The Semi- aquatic Bugs. 



The Shore-bugs, Family Saldid^e. (p. 134.) 



The Broad-shouldered Water-striders, Family Veliid^e. (p. 



1 34-) 

 The Water-striders, Family Hydrobatid^e. (p. 135.) 

 The Marsh-treaders, Family Limnobatid^e. (p. 136.) 

 The Land-bugs. 



The Land-bugs with four-jointed antennoz. 



The Thread-legged Bugs, Family Emesid.<e. (p. 136.) 



The Assassin-bugs, Family Reduviid^e. (p. 137.) 



The Damsel-bugs, Family Nabid^e. (p. 138.) 



The Ambush-bugs, Family Phymatid^:. (p. 138.) 



The Flat bugs, Family Aradid^e. (p. 139.) 



The Lace-bugs, Family Tingitid^e. (p. 139.) 



The Bed-bug and the Flower-bugs, Family AcanthiiDjK 



(p. 140). 

 The Leaf-bugs, Family Capsid^e. (p. 140.) 

 The Red-bug Family, Family Pyrrhocorid^e. (p. 141.) 

 The Chinch-bug Family, Family Lyg^id^e. (p. 142.) 

 The Stilt-bugs, Family Berytid^:. (p. 143.) 

 The Squash-bug Family, Family Coreid^E. (p. 143.) 

 The Land-bugs with five-jointed antenna. 



The Stink-bug Family, Family Pentatomid^e. (p. 144.) 

 The Burrower-bugs, Family Cydnid^e. (p. 145). 

 The Negro-bugs, Family Corimel^nid^e. (p. 146.) 

 The Shield-backed bugs, Family Scutellerid^e. (p. 146.) 



