COLLECTION OF ARTICULATED ANIMALS. 4^ 



mage of birds ; they constitute the genus ptero- 

 phorus, Latr. 



The following order, that of the hemiptera, 

 is composed of insects which resemble the co- 

 leoptera and the orthoptera in their wings, but 

 which have a snout or sort of jointed beak. To 

 this order belong the lantern fly (fulgora), the 

 cicada, the bug (cimex), the plant louse (aphis), 

 and other analogous insects. In the lantern flies 

 the extremity of the head is more or less ex- 

 tended. The most remarkable in this respect 

 is the fulg. lantemaria, or Peruvian lantern fly 

 (n° i), which is much sought after on account of 

 its form and colour. We are assured that its 

 snout is phosphoric, which has given rise to its 

 name of lantern bearer. The f. diadema (n° 2) 

 deserves also to be noticed. 



There are a great number of cicadse, all inha- 

 biting hot countries, and differing much from 

 the grasshoppers, which are called cicadae in the 

 north of France. The inhabitants of our southern 

 departments are often tormented by the stri- 

 dulous noise made by the males of some species, 

 such as the hcematodes (n° 12), and the c. orni 

 (n° 25). This noise varies in different species. 

 The description of the organ from which it pro- 

 ceeds and of the oviduct of the female is found in 

 Reaumur's Memoirs. The Greeks eat the nymphs, 



