CHINESE LANTHORN-FLYe 
and, that the Fly. was brought from China by 
Captain Isaac Wmth. 
As the structure ^of . the Lanthorn -Fly's 
trunk resembles that of the Cicada, some na- 
turahsts have thought it a species of the latter 
insect; but, according to Reaumur, from it's 
incapacity to emit that shrill noise for which 
the Cicada is so remarkable, it belongs to that 
species of insects which he denominates the 
Procigale, or Procicada. 
