T H E 



GREAT LANTHORN-FLY, 



O R 



FIRE-FLY. 



Generic Character. 



Head hollow, inflated, and produced forwards- 

 Antennte below the eyes, confifting of 2 joints, 



the exterior larger and globofe. 

 Beak inflefted. 

 Feet formed for walking. 



Specific Character, &c. 



FULGQRA with large oval head ; variegated 

 wings ; the lower pair ocellated. 



LANTERNARIA. 



Merian. Sur. t. 49. 

 RofeL vol. 2. t. 28, 29. 



Few circumftances are more remarkable amongft in- 

 fedts than the phofphoric light with which fome parti- 

 cular fpecies abound. Amongft the European infedls 

 this quality is moft confpicuous in the Glow-Worms, 

 which are of the Linnaean genus Lampyris, and belong 

 to the Coleopterous tribe. In America a large fpecies 

 of Elater, or Springing-Beetle is pofTefTed of this faculty 



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