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THE STUDY OF INSECTS . 
the student in learning the characters of the families of this 
suborder: 
SYNOPSIS OF THE HETEROPTERA. 
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 Corisida?:. (p. 129.) 
The Back-swimmers, Family Notonectid,e. (p. 130.) 
The Water scorpions, Family Nepid^e. (p. 130.) 
The Giant Water-bugs, Family Belostomid^E. (p. 131.) 
The Creeping Water-bugs, Family NauCORID.E. (p. 133.) 
Bugs that live near water. 
The Toad-shaped Bugs, Family Galgulid^e. (p. 133.) 
The Long-horned Bugs. Bugs with antennas at least as long as 
the head, and prominent except in the Phymatidce , where 
they are concealed under the sides of the prothorax. 
The Semi-aquatic Bugs. 
The Shore-bugs, Family SALDiDiE. (p. 134.) 
The Broad-shouldered Water-striders, Family VeliidjE. (p. 
134-) 
The Water-striders, Family 1 -Iydrobatid.e. (p. 135.) 
The Marsh-treaders, Family LiMNOBATiDiE. (p. 136.) 
The Land-bugs. 
The Land-bugs with four-jointed ante juice. 
The Thread-legged Bugs, Family EmesiDjE. (p. 136,) 
The Assassin-bugs, Family REDUVilDiE. (p. 137.) 
The Damsel-bugs, Family Nabid,e. (p. 138.) 
The Ambush-bugs, Family Phymatid>e. (p. 138.) 
The Flat bugs, Family Aradid^e. (p. 139.) 
The Lace-bugs, Family TingitiD/E. (p. 139.) 
The Bed-bug and the Flower-bugs, Family AcantkiiDjE, 
(p. 140). 
The Leaf-bugs, Family Capsid^E. (p. 140.) 
The Red-bug Family, Family Pyrrhocorid.e. (p. 141.) 
The Chinch-bug Family, Family Lyg^eid^e. (p. 142.) 
The Stilt-bugs, Family Berytid;e. (p. 143.) 
The Squash-bug Family, Family CoreiDjE. (p. 143.) 
The Land-bugs with five jointed antenncE. 
The Stink-bug Family, Family Pentatomid^e. (p. 144.) 
The Burrower-bugs, Family Cydnid^e. (p. 145). 
The Negro-bugs, Family Corimel,enid;e. (p. 146.) 
The Shield-backed bugs, Family Scutellerid,e. (p. 146.J 
