Fir.. 43. The railroad worm (Plirixothrix) of South America. Ihe female 

 (left and right) has a red light on the head and a row of yellowish green 

 lights on each side of its bodv. It was first described by 0\iedo in his 

 Historin General v Xdltiiiil dc Ins Indias (I33ri) . The male in center is 

 onlv slightly luminous with no red light. From E. Haase Zitr Kennt7iiss von 

 Pheiigodes (1888). 



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Fig. 44. The lantern flv (Fulgora) , from a drawing of Xeremiah Grew 

 in MuseiiDi Regalis Societatis (London, 1681) . A \ i\ id description of its 

 light was given by Maria .Sibille Meriam in her book on the insects of 

 Surinam (170,5) , but there has been much controversy concerning its true 

 luminosit\ . 



