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Species 15. Fulgora flammea. 



F. " fronte rostrata adscendente, tereti, truncata ; tota superiiis sordide ferrii- 

 gineo-cinerascens ; elytra ad apices a pagina superiore punctis obscuri- 

 oribus, tota striée obliqiiœ secant ut in serpentum cute." Linn. Am. Acad. 

 " Alee inferiores fuscee." Linn. Syst. Nat. " Minor Cicada Candelaria." 



" Habitat ? De Geer." Linn. Aniœn. Acad. " In America," Linn. Syst. 



Nat. " In America nieridionali," Fabr. 



Syn. Fulgora flammea. Linn. Jmœn. Acad. vi. 399. 39. Syst. Nat. ii. 704. 7. 

 Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 3. 8. Syst. Rhyng. p. 3. (Excl. Syn. StoUii ?) 



Obs. It is perhaps impossible to determine precisely this species at the present 

 day. Linnœus, indeed, says it is smaller than the common Chinese species, 

 and in the Systema Xaturœ he, as well as Fabricius subsequently, gives 

 America as the habitat ; so that it cannot be Fulgora tenebrosa, as cited 

 by the latter author, which is as large as Candelaria, and an inhabitant 

 of Africa. On the other hand, the description of the spotting of the 

 hemelytra and tiie colouring of the hind wings, together with the 

 circumstance that Linnœus refers to De Geer's collection for the species, 

 that author having subsequently figured an insect of unknown locality 

 (and being in all probability the identical specimen examined by Lin- 

 naeus,) agreeing with Fulgora tenebrosa, seem to prove that tlie Linneean 

 F. Jlammea is identical with the Fabriciiin F. tenebrosa. Olivier {Enc. 

 Méth. vi. 170.) is certainly in error in giving StoU's fig. 29. (which is the 

 Raphirhinusfasciatus,) as this insect. 



Species 16. Fulgora punctata. 



F. capite rostrato corporis ferè longitudine, recto, apice truncate ; grisea, 

 nigro-punctata ; elytris griseo-hyalinis, punctis numerosis nigris adspersis ; 

 alis albis venis fuscis ; abdomine griseo. 



Habitat in Guinea. 



Syn. Fulgora punctata. Oliv. Enc. Méth. vi. 569. Swll, Cigal. Jig. 28. 

 Germar. in Thons Arch. ii. 2. 47- (Flata p.) 



Praecedente minor et gracilior. 



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