FULGORA. LANTERN-FLY. 



Generic Character. 



Caputhonte pr oducta ,inani. 



Antenna infra oculos, ar- 

 ticulis duobus ; exteriore 

 globoso majore. 



Rostrum inflexum. 



Pedes gressorii. 



Head produced into an in- 

 flated hollow front. 



Antenna beneath the eyes, 

 of two joints, the exterior 

 larger and globose. 



Snout inflected. 



Feet formed for walking. 



JL HIS highly singular genus is distinguished by 

 having the Antennae formed by two .very short 

 joints, the exterior of which is globular, and tip- 

 ped by a short hair: they are seated immediately 

 beneath the eyes : the snout is strait, and inflected 

 beneath the breast, and the feet are formed for 

 walking. 



The Fulgora Lanternaria or Peruvian Lantern- 

 Fly is undoubtedly one of the most curious of in- 

 sects: it is of a very considerable size, measuring 

 nearly three inches and a half from the tip of the 

 front to that of the tail, and about five inches and 

 a half from wing's end to wing's end when ex- 

 panded: the body is of a lengthened oval shape, 

 roundish or subcylindric, and divided into several 

 rings or segments : the head is nearly equal to the 

 length of the rest of the animal, and is oval, inflated, 



