CHINESE LANTERN FLIES. 



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portance than the colour. Like the Lantern Fly, the head of 

 the accompanying insect, which is a native of Java, is largely 

 developed and hollow. Its chief peculiarity is the manner in 

 which it is covered with multitudinous spikes, short, sharp, and 

 sturdy, the use of which it is difficult even to conjecture. The 

 colour of the wings is brownish green, spotted with black. 



Fro. 47.5. — Py^ops nobilis. 

 (Brown, green, and blaok.) 



There are many species of this genus found in Africa, India, 

 and Ceylon, and they vary much in dimensions, some being no 

 larger than the common house-fly. 



Another of these creatures is Hotinus subocellatus, a native 

 of various parts of China. 



The general colour of the upper wings is pale ruddy brown, 

 with a number of indistinct dark red spots, surrounded with 

 yellow, upon them. Towards the tips they become greenish. 

 There is a reddish patch upon the lower wings, and a somewhat 

 vague pattern in brown. 



