. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. HETEROPTERA—COREIDAE 547 frequently have a conspicuous disc, or dilatation, on one of the joints of the antennae. Another very curious and, as yet, inex- plicable peculiarity very commonly met with among them, is that the hind legs may be of great size and deformed; either the femora or the tibiae, or both, being very much distorted or armed with projections. Brilliant colour is here comparatively rare, the general tone being indefinite tints of browns, greys, or smoky colours. The South American genus Holymenia (Copius. Fig. 261.—Diactor biliiieatus.
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. HETEROPTERA—COREIDAE 547 frequently have a conspicuous disc, or dilatation, on one of the joints of the antennae. Another very curious and, as yet, inex- plicable peculiarity very commonly met with among them, is that the hind legs may be of great size and deformed; either the femora or the tibiae, or both, being very much distorted or armed with projections. Brilliant colour is here comparatively rare, the general tone being indefinite tints of browns, greys, or smoky colours. The South American genus Holymenia (Copius. Fig. 261.—Diactor biliiieatus. South America. x 4. Fig. 262.—Phyllomorjoha laeiniata, carry- ing some of its eggs., Spain. of older authors) consists of slender forms, having the elytra transparent even on the basal part like Homoptera ; this and some other peculiarities give the species of this genus a certain resemblance to Insects of other Orders; Westwood says that Diateina holymenoicles (Diptera)*greatly resembles a bug of the genus Holymenia. The tropical American genvs, Biactor consists of a few species of elegant colour having the hind legs very peculiarly shaped, the tibiae being flattened and expanded in a sail-like manner, and ornamented with agreeable colours different. 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 Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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