. Natural history of the animal kingdom for the use of young people : in three parts, comprising I. Mammalia : II. Birds : Part III. Reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, worms, molluscs, zoophytes, &c. : with 91 coloured plates, including about 850 figures, and numerous additional illustrations in the text . or absent. The fore wings areof a leathery texture throughout. Fig. cc. Hydroiiictra palndtiin is a dark brownspecies which runs and leaps with great agility on thesurface of standing water, and feeds on other insects. Family VIII. Nepidae. The Water Scorpionshave a small round head, and a
. Natural history of the animal kingdom for the use of young people : in three parts, comprising I. Mammalia : II. Birds : Part III. Reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, worms, molluscs, zoophytes, &c. : with 91 coloured plates, including about 850 figures, and numerous additional illustrations in the text . or absent. The fore wings areof a leathery texture throughout. Fig. cc. Hydroiiictra palndtiin is a dark brownspecies which runs and leaps with great agility on thesurface of standing water, and feeds on other insects. Family VIII. Nepidae. The Water Scorpionshave a small round head, and a strong curved pro-boscis. The legs are long and bare, and the frontlegs, which are used to seize prey, somewhat re-semble the pincers of a scorpion. Fig. dd. Nepa cinerea is a brown insect, witha red abdomen which is usually concealed by thewings. They creep^slowly at the bottom of stag-nant water, and fly about at night. Family IX. Notonectidae. The Water Boatmenhave a very short broad head, and the hind legs arelong and fringed, and serve as oars. Fig. ee. Notonecta glaitca is black, with thehead and thorax whitish. The wings are yellowish-brown with brown spots. The belly is smooth andhairy, and the back is boat-shaped. It is an excellentswimmer, and rows itself about very rapidly on its back. 41. Section II. Homopterae. In the Homoptcra, the wings are of uniformconsistency throughout, and the fore and hind wingsare generally similar. The antennas are usually X. CicadidSB. The Cicadidxr have abroad head with large eyes and a long fore wings are considerably longer than the hindwings. There are two cavities on the undersurfaceof the first segment of the abdomen, at the base ofwhich a membrane is stretched, which is contractedby a strong muscle, by which the insects are ableto produce a loud singing. Cicada orni is common in Southern Europe onthe manna-yielding ash. ^, , . -> .^M»--^-ar^ • -—-. ^It is yellowish ^^f-::^^-:S^iw?^ -_- ^,Otwith
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