CIMEX. 107 



after the great fire in 1666 ; but we have the 

 authority of Mouffet to prove, that this trou- 

 blesome insect was known in this country long 

 before the fire. In the beginning of summer, 

 says Dr. Shaw, it deposits its eggs, which are 

 very small, white, and of an oval shape, each 

 standing on a kind of short pedicle or foot-stalk, 

 in the cavities of walls or wood-work. The 

 young, which are hatched in a few weeks, ar- 

 rive at their full size in about three months. 

 In their winter retreats they can bear the most 

 intense frost without injury; and are always 

 ready, as soon as the warm weather returns, 

 to take the field. 



Most of the species, when touched, have a 

 very strong and disagreeable smell. They are 

 met with in woods and shady places, &c, and 

 many of them are very prettily marked. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Cimex bicolor. C. ovatus elytris nigro alboque 

 variis. Linn. Si/st. Nat. p. 722. Gmel. p. 2156. 

 Fabr. Sj/st. Ent.p. 715. Spec. Ins. 2. p. 358. Mant 

 Ins, 2. p, 296, Ent Si/st, 4. p, 121. 



