CICADA SEPTENDECIM. 
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of the body black ; the metathorax edged with yellow; 
breast and legs deep yellow, more or less spotted 
with black ; abdomen black beneath, each segment 
with a band of brownish yellow ; the hemelytra are 
transparent, slightly tinged with yellow ; the costa 
and nervures deep yellow ; under wings unspotted, 
deep yellow at the base, the nervures likewise of that 
colour. Nymph of a uniform brown, the legs reddish 
yellow. 
This insect is a native of North America, and has 
obtained the name Septendecim from being supposed 
to make its appearance in large numbers every seven- 
teenth year. This statement was first made by Kalm, 
and more recent travellers admit that appearances 
give some countenance to the notion. An interesting 
account of it will be found in C. J. Latrobe's Ramble? 
in South America . 
FULGORA LATERNARIA. 
Plate XXII. Fig. 1. 
Fulgora Latemaria, Linn Roesel ii. Locust xxviii. — Merian's 
Surinam, Ins. PI. 49. Stoll's Cicad. PI. 1. fig. 1. 
This genus is, in several respects, one of the most 
remarkable belonging to the present order. It was 
first established by Linnaeus, under the name Later- 
naria, an appellation which he subsequently changed 
to Fulgora. Both these terms were suggested by 
the supposed luminous properties of many of the 
species, which, at that time, seemed to be admitted 
on the most satisfactory evidence. As originally 
constituted, the genus comprehended many kinds 
