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Family 2, Fug/oridcB. — This family includes the Lantern Flies 

 and Candle Flies, which are remarkable for their large size, bright 

 colours, and strange forms. They are almost all exotic insects. 



Fig. 102.— Tettigometra Virescens (Mag.) 



The largest species is found in South America, and is called the 

 Great Lantern Fly {Fulgora la'ernaria), measuring nearly three 

 inches in length, and over four inches in expanse of the wings. 



Fig. 103. — Poeciloptera Phalaenoides (Mag.) 



The Chinese Lantern Fly (Fulgora candelaria) has a red body, 

 the fore wings being greenish with yellow spots, the hind wings 

 orange colour with black tips. 



Fig. 104. — Membracis Foliata (Mag.) 



Cixius fiervosus is found in the British Isles, chiefly on alders. 

 It measures about a quarter of an inch in length, and in colour is 

 black with yellow legs, and transparent wings dotted with brown. 



Family 3, Membracidce. — This family is chiefly remarkable for 

 the fantastic shapes assumed by the prothorax. 



