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The Hiftory of A N I M A L S. 
Cimex ovatus cmrulefcenti-ceneus punSto albo rubrove fignat us. 
The brajfy-blue Cimex , with a white or red fpot on the back 
This is of the fize of the common large blue fly, but it is more flatted : it’s whole 
upper furface is of a beautiful blue, but with a braffy tinge in it : there is a longitudi¬ 
nal line on the thorax, which, at it’s lower extremity, terminates in a tranfverfe one : 
the extremity of the fcutellum is either red or white, and there is alfo a fpot of the 
fame colour on each fide of it: the legs and the antenna; are black, and the body 
underneath is alfo of a bluifh-black : the lpots on the male are white, and thofe on the 
female are red. 
It is found on the Dipfacus, and fome other large plants, and is common to us, and 
to mofl: parts of America : Ray, and Sir Hans Sloan, have defcribed it. 
Cimex oblongus rubro nigroque variegatus alis fufcis % 
This is an extreamly beautiful Infedl: it is of an oblong lhape, and it's body is much 
narrower than in ei her of the former; the head is black, except in the very middle, 
where it is of a blight red : the thorax is black at it’s anterior extremity, and red every¬ 
where elfe, except that it has two angulated black fpots behind : the exterior wings are 
red, but they have each a black fpot in the middle, fo that, when they are clofed, there 
are two black lpots on the back: the fcutellum is black, but ids extremity red ; the 
body under the fcutellum is, black, the reft of the body is red, but juft near the anus 
black : the wings are brown and ftriated, but have no white fpots on them; the anten¬ 
nae and the legs are black, and the trunk or fnout confifts of four joints. 
It is frequent with us on the ftalks and leaves of the common Henbane, or Hyofcya- 
mus : Lifter, Ray, and Petiver have all defcribed it under the names of Cimex Hy- 
ofyami, and Cimex Hyofcyamoides. 
The other fpecies of the Cimex are confiderably numerous, and as fome of them 
have oblong, and others rounder bodies, they may conveniently be enumerated under 
two feries, according to that obvious diftindion. i. Of thofe which have rounder 
bodies, or are of a figure approaching to round, there are, i. The common houfe 
Bug, or Cimex lectularius, fo troublefoine about our beds; there are authors who pre¬ 
tend that this fpecies has wings at a certain period. 2. The oval-bodied black Cimex, 
with an arcuated trunk, and capillaceous antennas. 3. The black Cimex, with a flat 
body imbricated, and notched at the fides. 4. The grey Cimex, with the edge of the 
body fpotted with black. 5. The grey oval Cimex, with the thorax obtufely angulated 
on each fide, and with red legs. 6. The grey oval Cimex, with the thorax on each 
fide angulated and acuminated, with reddifh antennae. 7. The red Cimex, with brown 
wings. 8. The black oval Cimex, with the exterior wings black and white, and the 
interior ones white. 9. The oval Cimex, attenuated in the anterior part, withagrey- 
ifh-white body, and red antennae. 10. The grey oval Cimex, with clouded wings, 
and the edges of the body variegated with black and white. 11. The oval Cimex, with 
livid wings, brown at the extremity. 12. The greyilh clouded Cimex, with three 
elevated lines on the fcutum, and the antennae black at the extremity. 13. The round- 
ifh, black and red Cimex, with the head and wings black.' 
2. Of thofe of an oblong and narrower form, there are, 1. The reddifh, brown, 
unfpotted Cimex, with the thorax terminating in a point at each end. 2. The oblong 
green Cimex, with a cordated yellow fpot on the fcutellum, and a double black fpot on 
the exterior wings. 3. The red and black Cimex, with brown wings fpotted with 
white. 4. The grey Cimex, with a cordated yellow fpot on the fcutellum. 5. The 
green Cimex, with a deep green cordated fpot on the fcutellum, and two brown ones 
on the wings. 6. The grey unfpotted Cimex, with fetaceous antennae. 7. The 
brown and white clouded Cimex of the poplar. 8. The rubiginous Cimex, with 
blood-red ftriae on the wings. 9. The black Cimex, with red legs, and with brown 
and white wings. 10. The brown and yellow Cimex, with the anterior thighs den- 
tated. 11. The black Cimex, with the exterior wings variegated with white. 12. 
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