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P L A T E XXXVIII.

GIMEX STAGNORUM,

Water Bug.

Hemxptera.

Shells or upper Wings femi-crustaceous, not divided by a straightSuture, but incumbent on each other j Beak curved downward.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Cimex Antennæ longer than the Thorax . Thorax margined.In each Foot three Joints.

SPECIFIC CHARACTERi

Black, brown, long, slender. Head one third of its whole lengthsAntennæ as long as the Head, and very slender. Eyes minute, pro-minent. Fore Legs shortest,- length half an inch, breadth one third ofa line.

Linn. Syji. Nat.

Many species of the Cimex genus differ so materially in their ge-neral form, that very nice attention is necessary to discriminate thespecies which evidently belong to this extensive family.. The externalappearance of the House, or Scarlet Bug, cannot intimate the con-nection to the same genus with this slender bodied insect; but so theyare arranged by Linnæus , and so they will appear on a proper inspec-tion of those parts which constitute their generic character.

The present species is common, and may be taken during greatpart of the warm seasons. We have an Insect of the same genus(Cimex Lacujiris) which has frequently attracted notice by the va-riety and activity of its motions, when sporting on the surface ofstagnant pools, or other standing water : It appears to sly, or skim thesurface, but its wings are not often expanded, the lightness of its body8 and