Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
Of the water-bugs, perhaps Ranatra and Nepa are better known than the others in their anatomy and earlier stages. Dufour's classic on the anatomy of Nepa cinerea, L., and Ranatra linearis, L., has been followed by the work of other investigators in these two species, and the peculiar filamentous ova of the two genera have long been favourites with students. But neverthless, thus far no compelte life-history has been worked out for either of them.
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2. Amyot & Serville, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, Hémipteres, p. 443.
3. Bueno, Entomological News, Vol. XVII, p. 3. Also noted by Westwood, Introduction, Vol. II, p. 462; and Schiödte, Ann. & Mag. N. H.? (4), Vol. VI, p. 236.
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6. Westwood, op. c., p. 461.
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13. Op. c., p. 494.
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15. Insect Book, p. 277.
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17. Handbuch, Vol. II, p. 199.
18. Text Book of Entomology, p. 523.
19. Introduction, Vol. II, p. 461.
20. Histoire Naturelle des Insected—Hémiptères, pp. 442–3.
21. The Egg of the Water Scorpion (Ranatra fusca). Canadian Entomologist, 1902, Vol. XXXIV, pp. 212–13.