THE 
LINEAR NEPA. 
Generic Character. 
Beak inflected. 
Antennce short. 
livings four ; closing in a crossed direction; co¬ 
riaceous on their upper part. 
Feet anterior cheliform; the remaining four 
formed for walking. 
Specific Character , &c. 
Brown linear NEPA, with the fore legs marked 
by a lateral spine. 
Geoffr. ins. Par. 1. p. 480. pi. 10. f. 1. 
Degeer. ins. 3. p. 369. pi. 19* f- l> 2. 
Swammerd. bill. nat. p. 233. t. 3. f. 9. 
Roes. ins. 3. p. 141. t. 23. 
The Nepa linearis, an insect of a singular rather 
than agreeable appearance, is a native of the larger 
kind of stagnant waters, and is generally of the 
size represented on the plate. Like the Nepa cinerea 
or common water-scorpion, it preys on the smaller 
aquatic insects, and, like that species, flies prin¬ 
cipally by night. 
