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described by Reaumur. In the Leverian Museum 

 however are a fine pair of these insects, which, 

 though now somewhat faded, at their first intro- 

 duction fully justified the colouring of Roesel and 

 Merian, and left no doubt of the richly variegated 

 appearance of the animal in its living state. 



The Fulgora Candelaria is a much smaller species 

 than the preceding, and is a native of China. It 

 measures near two inches in length, and 2 inches 

 and half in breadth with the wings expanded: the 

 body is oval, and the head produced into a long 

 horn-shaped process : the colours are very elegant ; 

 the head and horn being of a fine reddish brown 

 or purple, and covered 'with numerous white specks 

 of a mealy appearance : the thorax is of a deep or 

 orange-yellow, and the body black above, but deep 

 yellow beneath: the wings are oval; the upper 

 pair blackish, with very numerous and close-set 

 green reticulations, dividing the whole surface 

 into innumerable squares or marks, and are farther 

 decorated by several yellow bars and spots: the 

 under wings are orange-coloured, with broad black 

 tips. 



Fulgora Diadema is an Indian species, and is 

 distinguished by having a long, spiny, or muri- 

 cated front, with a triple division at the tip : its 

 colour is brown, with red and yellow variega- 

 tions: it seems to have been first described and 

 figured in the work of Seba: in size it is nearly 

 similar to the preceding species. 



In the twelfth edition of the Systema Naturas 

 the number of species in the genus Fulgora 



