. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 138 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. Family Nabid^ (Nab'i-dae). The Damsel-bugs. We have called the members of this family the Damsel- bugs for want of a better name, "• little girl'' being the mean- ing of CorisaiSy the scientific name of our most common genus. Figure 161 represents a wing-cover of a member of this family, and will illustrate the venation char- acteristic of it, although in some species the wings are usually rudimentary. We have two FiG. 161. common members of this family, one blonde and the other black. The Blonde Damsel-bug, Corisciis
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 138 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. Family Nabid^ (Nab'i-dae). The Damsel-bugs. We have called the members of this family the Damsel- bugs for want of a better name, "• little girl'' being the mean- ing of CorisaiSy the scientific name of our most common genus. Figure 161 represents a wing-cover of a member of this family, and will illustrate the venation char- acteristic of it, although in some species the wings are usually rudimentary. We have two FiG. 161. common members of this family, one blonde and the other black. The Blonde Damsel-bug, Corisciis ferus {Co-ns'ens fe^'rus),. is about one-third inch in length, and pale yellow, with nu- merous minute brown dots. This species is widely distrib- uted, both in this country and in Europe. It secretes itself in flowers or among the foliage of various herbaceous plants, and captures small in- sects, upon which it feeds. There are several other species that closely resemble this one. The Black Damsel-bug, Coriscus subcoleoptratus Fig. 162.— (sub-co-le-op-tra'tus) (Fig. 162), is very common in subcouop- the Northern States. It is of a shining jet-black color, with the edge of the abdomen and the legs Usually this species has very short, rudimentary wings, but a form with long wings is sometimes found. Family (Phy-mat^i-dae). The Ambush-bugs. The most common member of this family is Phymata wolffii (Phy-ma'ta wolf^i-i) (Fig. 163). It is a greenish insect, with a black band across the broadly expanded abdomen. It conceals itself in flowers, and captures Fig. 163. the insects which come to sip nectar. It is espe- Jolj^L cially abundant among the flowers of the ^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1
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