282 k SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT. 



greater want of evidence to support this opinion than 

 in the preceding case. They differ so much in the 

 form of the snout, and other circumstances, from the 

 species just alluded to, that we are scarcely entitled 

 to infer that what exists in the one is common also 

 to the others. The Chinese F. candelaria is very 

 abundant, and if it be really luminous, the phenome- 

 non must have been often witnessed by European 

 residents ; yet all their accounts seem to refer to 

 phosphorescent Lampyridse and Elateridae. It is to 

 be wished that some competent observer would un- 

 dertake to examine the matter, which, to those visit- 

 ing the countries where the insects abound, will pro- 

 bably not be attended with much difficulty.* 



The species referred to above as forming one o? 

 the figures on the adjoining plate, is a native of the 

 New World, and found in tolerable plenty in Cayenne, 

 Surinam, &c. The Indians call it Jacarenam loya, 

 or the crocodile snake, and seem to suppose that it 

 is venomous, and capable of inflicting wounds. It 

 can fly swiftly, as might be inferred from the ampli- 

 tude of its wings, and is most active in the twilight 

 and evening. It is extremely well figured by Madam 

 Merian, in her Insects of Surinam ; and specimens 

 are to be found in almost every cabinet of any extent 

 in this country and on the Continent. 



* In the 3d Vol. of Entom. Magazine, the reader will find 

 collected all that is worth knowing on the luminosity of the 

 Fulgorae, and something more. 



