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The black Cimex, with the wings of agreyifh brown, and a rhomboidal black fpot on 
each. 13. The black Cimex, with the antennas, and the legs yellow. 14. The black 
Cimex, with the exterior wings very finely ftriated, and the anterior ones marked with 
a yellow foot at the extremity. .15. The black Cimex, with the antennas teiminated 
each by a'hair. 16. The black Cimex, with grey wings black in the anterior part, 
and with the interior wings white behind. 17. The whitifh Cimex, with white fides, 
18. The red-legged, black Cimex, with the exterior wings variegated with brown and 
and yellow. 19. The black-horned, pale-brown Cimex, with a white line on the 
thorax. 20. The black Cimex, with the exterior wings white, and the antennae of a 
bluifli colour, but with the loweft joint black. 21. The very narrow Cimex, with 
very long antennas, variegated with brown and white. 22. The very narrow Cimex, 
with the forelegs extreamly fhort; this is very frequent fkimming on the furface of wa¬ 
ters. 23. The fmall, black, water Cimex, with the anterior legs very fhort. 24 The 
very flender, whitifh Cimex, with all the legs long. 25. The Cimex, with clavated 
antennae, and with the edges of the exterior wings and thorax beautifully reticulated 
and pun&ated. 
a • NOTOMECTA. 
T HE rod rum or fnout of the Notone&a is indebted : the antennae are very 
fhort; the wings are four, and are cruciated; the legs are formed for fwimming. 
Notone&a grifea elytris grifeis margine fufco pun&atis . 
The Notone&a , with the exterior wings greyijh, but 
fpotted with brown at the edges . 
%fyz common 
SoaMtF. 
This is more than half an inch in length, and about a third of it’s length in 
breadth: the head is obtufe and yellow ; the eyes are brown, the thorax is large, and 
Is of a yellow colour, and fomewhat pellucid : the fcutellum is black, and has a fine 
velvety glofs in it : the exterior wings are of a yellowifh grey, and are fpotted with 
black all round the edges; the interior ones are whitifh and pellucid : the fore feet are 
fhort, and the middle ones longer: the hinder ones are much longer than any of the 
others, and are formed for fwimming ; the trunk or fnout is long and fharp-pointed ; 
the antenna are very fhort, and confift only of two joints: the belly is black and 
hairy. 
It is common with us in fifh-ponds and other waters, and, when taken out, will give 
a very painful wound with it’s trunk. Authors call it, Notone&a vulgaris, and Ci¬ 
mex aquaticus anguftior. 
Notone&a alts exterioribus pallidis tranfverfe Jlriatis . SCfjt fitODttt 
The Notone&a , with pale and tranfverfely ftriated elytra . 
This is near half an inch in length, and is fomewhat broader and more depreffed 
than the former : it’s head i$ yellow j it’s legs alfo are yellow : the thorax and the ex¬ 
terior wings are brown, and have a multitude of fine, flender, tranfverfe ftriae on 
them, of a pale yellow colour ; the under part of the body is yellowifh, and the 
eyes are black. 
It is common with us in waters, and has an ill fmelh Authors have called it No¬ 
tone&a compreffa fufca. 
Notone&a cinerea pedibus pojler'ioribus longijftmis . Mttlt 
The grey Notone&a^ with the hinder legs very long. 
This is extreamly fmall, fcarce arriving to half the bignefs of the common loufe: 
it’s colour is all over a pale whitifh-grey; it’s back is flatted, and has a longitudinal 
line running along it: the anterior legs are remarkably fhort, the hinder ones as re¬ 
markably long: the antennae are very fhort. 
It is not unfrequent with us in (hallow, running waters. 
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