

93 



Gen us XXXIV. FULGORA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antenna short, seated below the eyes, with 

 two articulations ; the exterior the largest, 

 and globose. Head produced, extended and 

 empty. Rostrum inflected, elongated, arti- 

 culated, channelled, and containing three un- 

 equal bristles. Feet formed for walking. 

 Tarsi with three articulations. 



General Observations. 



Among the various ways in which it has 

 pleased Nature to diversify the different sub- 

 jects of her extensive kingdom, there is no ex- 

 ample more peculiar, or better adapted to 

 answer the end designed, than that of the Ful- 

 gora. In the largest species of the genus (the 

 JF. Lanternaria) is seen a bladder, like a head, 

 of very considerable dimensions compared with 

 the body, and of an elongated shape. It is per- 

 fectly transparent, and is, in fact, similar to a 

 horn lantern. Within this cavity a natural 

 operation, imitated by chemistry, is going on; 



