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INSECTS. 
pressed; head small, partly concealed in the notch of the thorax ; 
scutellum large; abdomen terminated by two setaceous filaments ; 
four posterior tarsi constructed for swimming. 
Nepa cinerea. —The Ash-Coloured Nepa. 
Plate XCIX. fig. 1. 
Deep ash-coloured, abdomen broad, ovate, depressed, and red 
above; scutellum large and triangular ; anterior feet directed 
forwards. Inhabits stagnant waters of Europe. 
Section II, —Homoptera. 
Rostrum emanating from the lower part of the head, between 
the two anterior feet; elytra equal throughout, sometimes wing- 
shaped. 
TRIBE III.-CICADARIiE. 
Having elytra and wings; all the tarsi with three joints ; an¬ 
tennae mostly small, conical or subulate, consisting of from three 
to six joints, including the seta, by which they are terminated- 
The females provided with a dentated ovipositor. 
Genus FULGORA.— Linnaeus. 
Generic Character .—Tarsi three-jointed; antennre inserted 
under the eyes, having two or three joints, the last large and 
globular, with a tubercle, topped by a seta; rostrum long, double, 
or triple jointed; elytra and wings sloping; feet of middle 
length, the posterior legs spinous ; tarsi with a double hooked 
termination or by a ball. 
Fulgora lanternina. — The Lantern Fly. 
Plate C. fig. 10. 
With a projecting vascular front, rounded at its extremity, 
and provided on each side with four rows of spiny flattened, 
reddish tubercles; thorax pale and elytra yellow; wings gray, 
with a large spot surrounded by a black circle, and ^ two central 
spots; feet yellow. Three and a half inches long. Inhabits 
South America. 
TRIBE IV.-HYMENELYTRA. 
Tarsi two-jointed, the last usually with a double hook, or 
