GItEAT 1 Als^tHORN-FLY. 
dra of Europe, well known in this country, is 
found to be also considerably phosphoric ; par- 
ticularly, when pressed or iiTitared. 
None of these, however, are at all compa- 
rable with the Great Lanthorn-Fly of Peru^ 
as this fine inse6^ is usually denominated, 
though by no means peculiar to that part of 
America. This wonderful insecl:, which pos^ 
sesses uncommon beauty, is the Lanternaria 
of Rosel and Madame Merian ; and was ori-<. 
ginally figured by that ingenious lady, in her 
celebrated History of the lusedls of Siiiinami 
It is the Fulgora w ith a large oval head ; having 
variegated wings, the lower pair of which are 
occellated. 
This Fire-Fly belongs, naturally, to the 
order of Hemipterous Insed^s ; or such inse£ls 
as are furnished with four wings, the exterior 
or upper pair of which are of a stronger 
or more coriaceous nature than the lower or 
under wings. The peculiar division, in this 
tribe, to which it more particularly apper- 
tains, is that of the Rostrated Inserts ; or such 
as have a tube, or instrument of suction) lying 
flat 
