Dr. Arzexius’s Odfervations on the Genus Paufus. 261 
Some few days after, coming into my room from fupper with a 
light in my hand, and having put it upon the table, there inftantly 
fell another down from the ceiling, The third I was favoured 
with by the then Governor, Mr. Dawes, who informed me that it 
had dropt down before him on the table, juft when he had entered 
his room and was going to write. The other three which I afterwards 
colleéted, were alfo got upon fimilar occafions; and from thence I 
thought I had fome reafon to conclude, that it is a noéturnal 
animal, that it becomes benumbed by candle light, that it lives 
in wood and prefers new built houfes, &c. After the end of 
February I never faw any more. 
The laft which I caught I put into a box, and left confined there 
for a day or two. One evening going to look at it, and happening 
by chance to ftand between the light and the box, fo that my 
fhadow fell upon the infeét, I obferved, to my great aftonifhment, 
the globes of the antenne, like two lanthorns, fpreading a dim 
phofphoric light. This fingular phenomenon roufed my curiofity, 
and, after having examined it feveral times that night, I refolved to 
repeat my refearches the following day. But the animal, being ex- 
hautted, died before the morning, and the light difappeared. And 
afterwards, not being able to find any more {pecimens, I was pre- 
vented from afcertaining the fact by reiterated experiments at dif- 
ferent times; which I therefore muft recommend to other Natural- 
ifts, who may have an opportunity of vifiting Sierra Leone, requett- 
ing that they would particularly inquire into this curious circum- 
ftance. 
I fhall now only add fome few remarks, fhewing in what manner 
this new fpecies moft effentially differs from the old one. 
Not being quite fo broad, it looks as if it were longer, and more 
cylindrical, 
