LANTERN-FLY. 
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described by Reaumur. In the Leverian Museum 
however are a fine pair of these insects, which, 
though now somewhat faded, at their first intro- 
duction fully justified the colouring of Roesel and 
Merian, and left no doubt of the richly variegated 
appearance of the animal in its living state. 
The Fulgora Candelaria is a much smaller species 
than the preceding, and is a native of China. It 
measures near two inches in length, and 2 inches 
and half in breadth with the wings expanded : the 
body is oval, and the head produced into a long 
horn-shaped process : the colours are very elegant ; 
the head and horn being of a fine reddish brown 
or purple, and covered with numerous white specks 
of a mealy appearance: the thorax is of a deep or 
orange-yellow, and the body black above, but deep 
yellow beneath; the wings are oval; the upper 
pair blackish, with very numerous and close-set 
green reticulations, dividing the whole surface 
into innumerable squares or marks, and are farther 
decorated by several yellow bars and spots: the 
under wings are orange-coloured, with broad black 
tips. 
Fulgora Diade7na is an Indian species, and is 
distinguished by having a long, spiny, or muri-* 
cated front, with a triple division at the tip; its 
colour is brown, with red and yellow variega- 
tions: it seems to have been first described and 
figured in the work of Seba: in size it is nearly 
similar to the preceding species. 
In the twelfth edition of the Systema Naturm 
the number of species in the genus Fulgora 
