DIALOGUE XXl. 
CIMEX, OR BUG. C, LECTULARIUS. C. 
PARADOXUS. C. STAGNORUM. t. LA- 
CUSTRIS. 
LUCY, Here I come, mamma, to 
hear the history of the hng. 
Mother, And here am I ready to tell 
you, that there are a vast number of dif- 
ferent species in this genus of cimex, or 
bug. Some of them are without wings, 
some seem to have imjDerfect wings, and 
some have wings, but no elytra. The 
most common kind is the bed bug, cimex 
lectularius*^ with which I hope you are 
not much acquainted. 
Lucy, I have heard that they bite 
* From Lcctus, a bed* 
