124 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 



the student in learning the characters of the famiHes of this 

 suborder : 



SYNOPSIS OF THE HETEItOPTERA. '■ 



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^. (p. 129.) 

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

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

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

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

 Bifs^s that live near water. 



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

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

 the head, and prominent except in the Phymatidcs, where 

 they are concealed under the sides of the prothorax. 

 The Semi-aquatic Bugs. 



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



The Broad-shouldered Water-striders, Family VELiiDiE. (p. 



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



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

 The Land-bzigs. 



The Land-bugs with four-jointed antennce. 



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



The Assassin-bugs, Family REDUVHDiE, (p. 137.) 



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



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



The Flat- bugs. Family Aradid^. (p. 139.) 



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



The Bed-bug and the Flower-bugs, Family ACANTHiiDiE. 



(p. 140). 

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

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

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

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

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



The Land-bugs with fivejoijtted antenftce. 



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

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

 The Negro-bugs, Family CoRiMEL^NiDiE. (p. 146.) 

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



