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INSECTS. HEMIPTERA, 64. Nepa. 



Marginata. Upper^wings black, the edge and future yellow. 



Inhabits Denmark, Mull.Zool. Dan.p. 104. «.u 76. 



B. Sheath conic, fpinous at the fides. Sigara. 



Lineata. Upper wings brown with 2 abbreviated yellow lines. 



Inhabits Cayenne ; fomething larger than N. ftriata. 



Head yellow : eyes black : thorax brown, the fore-margin fides 

 and dorfal line yellow, in the fore margin are 2 brown fpots 

 and between thefe 2 dots : fcutel brown tipt with yellow : up- 

 per-wings white hyaline at the tip : tody yellow : fore-f tanks 

 and joints of the other legs black. 



*Striata. Upper-wings pale brown with numerous dots and flreaks of 

 dark brown. 

 Inhabits Europe. Donovan s Eng. Inf. v. tab. 176. 

 Varies very much in fize. Head and legs yellow. 



toleoptrata. Upper- wings entirely coriaceous, brown, the outer margin 

 yellow. 

 Inhabits Sweden ; refembles the laft. 

 ' Head and fnout yellow : thorax biown, rounded behind: breast 

 and legs pale : abdomen black. 



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Upper-wings greenifh-afh, immaculate. 

 Inhabits France. Sigara minuta. Fabricius. 

 Head and thorax mining yellow, the former fometimes fcarlet 

 body yellow. 



64. NEPA. Snout inflected: antennce short : 

 wings 4, folding cross-wise, coriaceous 

 on the upper part : fore-legs cheliform: 

 the other 4 formed for walking. 



Water Scorpion. 



A. Antenna? -palmate'* lip o. 



Qrandis. Chefnut-brown variegated with yellow. 



Inhabits South America. Naturalist's Mi/cell, plate 370. 

 jlntennee palmate 4-cleft, the divilions curved. 



Annulata, 



Tail unarmed ; roundifh, pale brown : fore-fhanks pale 

 annulate with brown. 

 Inhabits Caromandel; broader and more round than others. 

 Thorax and fcutel darker on the fore-part : legs varied with brown 

 and pale. 



Ruflica. 



