. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. HALF-WINGED INSECTS 327. Photos by If. P. Dando, SHIELD-BUG In tropical countries these bugs are ofien ai large as cockchajen JUNIPER-BUG Some speciei of ihu Jamily arc car- ni-voroui us iL'cll ai hcrb'njorous HALF-WINGED INSECTS, OR BUGS AND FROG-HOPPERS BV W. F. KIRIIY, The order includini; the Rul;s and Frog-lioppers is di\'ided into two sub-orders. There are also one or two small groups, sometimes treated as separate orders, and sometimes regarded as aberrant sections
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. HALF-WINGED INSECTS 327. Photos by If. P. Dando, SHIELD-BUG In tropical countries these bugs are ofien ai large as cockchajen JUNIPER-BUG Some speciei of ihu Jamily arc car- ni-voroui us iL'cll ai hcrb'njorous HALF-WINGED INSECTS, OR BUGS AND FROG-HOPPERS BV W. F. KIRIIY, The order includini; the Rul;s and Frog-lioppers is di\'ided into two sub-orders. There are also one or two small groups, sometimes treated as separate orders, and sometimes regarded as aberrant sections of the order, to which we shall allude later. The True Bugs have their fore wings of a horn}- texture, but generall}" oxerlapping. and the extremities form a transparent membrane, resembling that of the hind wings. They have a long sucking-proboscis curved down beneath their bodies, and their antennae usually consist of onl)' four or five long joints. Most are vegetable- feeders, but some species feed on the juices of other insects, while a few attack warm-blooded animals, either casually or habitually. The first family includes the ShielT)- BUGS. These derive their name from the unusual development of a part of the thorax called the " ; In most insects it is only a small plate of no great importance, attached to the end of the thorax; but in the Shield-bugs it forms a great solid arch, covering the whole of the wings, and protecting them as the wing-cases protect the wings of beetles. There are onl\' a few small species in England, but a great number of beautiful species inhabit warm countries, some of a brilliant blue or green or yellow, or spotted. Many of them are comparatively large insects, nearly an inch long, and resemble brilliantly coloured beetles, from which, however, they can easily be distinguished by the antennas, the proboscis, and the shield, the latter of which is not divided down the middle like the wing-cases of beetles. : "^ Ne
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