283 



FULGORA CASTRESII. 

 PLATE XXII. Fig. 2. 

 Guerins Mag. de Zool. PI. 173 et 174. 



THIS insect has been recently made known by the 

 French periodical above referred to ; even though it 

 may be thought by some not to be a distinct species, it 

 must be admitted to be an interesting variety. Its 

 chief distinctions from F. laternaria are, that the 

 head is narrower than the thorax, and more than 

 twice longer than broad ; the hemelytra yellowish- 

 green, variegated with black over the whole surface. 

 This magnificent insect is a native of Mexico, and 

 still rare in collections. The specific name has been 

 given in honour of Colonel Castres, an enlightened 

 patron of works on natural history. M. Guerin 

 mentions that he has seen another species of Fulgora 

 in the collections of the French Museum, very closely 

 allied to the preceding, but having the snout still 

 more narrow and elongated than in F. Castresii. 



FULGORA CANDELARIA. 

 PLATE XXIII. Fig. 1. 



F. candelaria, Linn. Fair Stoles dead. PI. 10, fig. 46 ; and 



A. Roeserslns. Locusta, PI. 30. 



THIS finely coloured species has been long known, 

 and few collections of insects arrive in this country 

 from China without containing specimens. It is 

 usually, in this country, called the lantern-fly. Its 

 appearance and markings are so well expressed in 

 the figure, that we must not occupy space with de- 

 scription. 



