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inward under the body ; the feet are greflbry, or formed 

 for walking *. In thefe animals the elytra commonly 

 decline along the fides, and when at reft cover the whole 

 of the abdomen ; for they gradually increafe in breadth 

 from the bafe to the exi remit ies. 



The fulgcra candelaria of Lin/itrus, is of a freHi green 

 colour ; on the ground of the elytra figured and liriated 

 with lines of a pile yellow ; the wings are of a deep and 

 b.autiful yellow, with a band of glofly black, bordering 

 their extremities ; the head and thorax are generally of a 

 ruddy brown, and the animal emits Hafiies of lightning 

 as it flies in the dark. 



Syftema Natura, Ord. ii. Gen. 4, 



