■f HEMIPTERA. lOQ 



Dicada is singing, one can approach it, whistling the while in a 

 quavering manner, and imitating as nearly as possible, its cry, but in 

 uch a manner as to predominate over it. The insect then descends 

 . small space down the tree, as if to approach the whistler ; then it 

 tops. But if one presents a stick to it, continuing to whistle, the 

 Cicada settles on it and begins again to descend backwards. From 

 ime to time it stops, as if to listen. At last, attracted, and, as it 



■ vera, fascinated by the harmony of the whistle, it comes to the 

 ibserver himself 



" M. Boyer managed thus to make a Cicada, which continued to 

 ing as long as he whistled in harmony with it, settle on his nose. 

 'harmed by this concert, the insect seemed to have lost its natural 



"\ Imidity. 

 ^ The Cicada onii is of a greenish yellow, spotted with black. 



- "he abdomen is encircled by the same colours. The elytra and the 

 ,ings are hyaline, or glassy, and their veins alternately yellow and 



. Town. The legs are yellow throughout. The song of this species 



• ' hoarse, and cannot be heard at any great distance. 



M. Solier, in the work we quoted just now, says that the song of 

 lis Cicada is of a deeper intonation, but that it is quick and is sooner 



• Ver. It does not terminate in the manner which characterises that 

 ^the other species. 



Next the genus Cicada comes Fulgora, whose type is the FuJgora 



nteriiaria, or Lantern Fly (Fig, Z-^. 



Belonging to South America, these insects are above all remark- 



•^ ole and easy to recognise, by their very large elongated head, which 



sarly equals three-quarters of the rest of the body. This prolonga- 



Dn is horizontal, vesiculous, enlarged to about the same breadth as 



e head, and presents above a very great gibbosity. The antennae 



e short, with a globular second articulation, and a small terminal 



lir. The species represented in Fig. Z^ is yellow varied with black. 



vj: tie elytra are of a greenish yellow, sprinkled with black ; the wings, 



:' ♦ the same colour, have at the extremity a large spot resembling an 



• e, which is surrounded by a brown circle very broad in front. It 



r.: jhabits Guyana. This remarkable insect enjoys a great renown 



icrith the vulgar, by a peculiarity which might be called its speciality 



:: -'-the property of shining by night or in the dark. Hence its name 



< Fulgora la7ifernaria. 



The knowledge of the Fulgora lanternaria has been spread and 



I'pularised in Europe by a celebrated book, which has for its title, 



e[j. *Metamorphoses des Insectes de Surinam." This book, which 



d «ntains the result of patient study of the natural history of Dutch 



