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The numerous brown spots which you can see on their stalks are hemipterous insects, commonly called cochineal.— Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English
Rhynchophora: specifically, the jointed structure covering the lancets in the hemipterous mouth.— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
Coleoptera, the Meloë, and singular Stylops and Xenos; among Neuroptera, the snow insect, Boreus, the Podura (Fig. 109) and Lepisma, and especially the hemipterous lice, will throw a flood of light on these prime subjects in philosophical entomology.— Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses
In its form the louse closely resembles the bed-bug, and the two groups of lice, the Pediculi and Mallophaga, should be considered as families of Hemiptera, though degraded and at the base of the hemipterous series.— Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses
Many insects sting without poisoning the wound; the bite of the mosquito, black fly, flea, the bed bug, and other hemipterous insects, are simply punctured wounds, the saliva introduced being slightly irritant, and to a perfectly healthy constitution they are not poisonous, though they may grievously afflict some persons, causing the adjacent parts to swell, and in some weak constitutions induce severe sickness.— Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses
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