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* Prothorax longer than broad. Fore tibiae shorter by 
half than the fore femora. - - . . Curicta. 
** Prothorax equally long and broad, or shorter than 
broad. Fore tibiae a little shorter than the fore 
femora. 
I Prolhorax hardly or very slightly sinuated at the base. Nepa. 
If Prothorax distinctly sinuated at the base. 
X Abdomen with short apical appendages. 
XX Abdomen with very long apical appendages. - 
B. Body slender, very long. 
a. Fore coxae very long. - - . - 
b. Fore coxae short. - 
Genus 1. NEPA. 
Nepa, Linn. Faun. Suec. 906. Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. Burm. Handb. Ent. 
ii. 195. Serv. Hist, Hem. 437. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 101. Dougl. and 
Scott, Hem. 583. 
Borborophilus. 
Laccotrephes. 
Raxatba. 
- Cebcotmexus. 
Europe. 
1. Nepa cinebea. 
, Stoll, Pun. ii. pi. 1, f. 2. Geoffr. Ins. i. 481, pi. 1. Deg. 
Ins. iii. 361, pi. 18, f. 1 — 13 — Nepa ciuerea, Linn. Syst. Nat.\.2, 714 ; 
Faun. Suec. 906. Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 63 ; Syst. Rhyn. 107. Tign. 
Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. 249, pi. 5, f. 6. Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xii. 284, pi. 
95, f. 8 ; Gen. iii. 148. Oliv. Enc. viii. 190, pi. 374, f. 12. Fall. 
Hem. Suec. 170. Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 196. Bruit. Hist. Nat. Ins. 
ix. 265. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 90. Serv. Hist. Hem. 440. 
Fieb. Eur. Hem. 102. Dougl. and Scott, Hem. 584. 
a — 1. England. 
m, n. France. 
0 . Spain. Presented by Major Parry. 
p. Malaga. Presented by H. Woodward, Esq. 
q, r. Amurland. From Mr. Higgins’ collection. 
Div. 2. 
Laccotrephes, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 186. 
2. Nepa Fabuicii. 
Nepa grossa, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 107— Laccotrephes grossus, Slal, Hem. 
Afr. iii. 186 — Laccotrephes Fabricii, Stal, Hem. Fabr. iii. 186. 
Guinea. 
3. Nepa grossa. 
grossa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 62; Syst. Rhyn. 107. Oliv. Enc. viii. 189. 
Serv. Hist. Hem. 440. H.~Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 29 — Laccotrephes 
grossus, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 186. 
Senegal. 
