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greater want of evidence to support this opinion than 
in the preceding case. They differ so much in the 
form of the snout, and other circumstances, from the 
species just alluded to, that we are scarcely entitled 
to infer that what exists in the one is common also 
to the others. The Chinese F. candelaria is very 
abundant, and if it be really luminous, the phenome- 
non must have been often witnessed by European 
residents ; yet all their accounts seem to refer to 
phosphorescent Lampyridce and Elateridac. It is to 
be wished that some competent observer would un- 
dertake to examine the matter, which, to those visit- 
ing the countries where the insects abound, will pro- 
bably not be attended with much difficulty.* 
The species referred to above as forming one oS 
the figures on the adjoining plate, is a native of the 
New r World, and found in tolerable plenty in Cayenne, 
Surinam, &c. The Indians call it Jaccirenam boya , 
or the crocodile snake, and seem to suppose that it 
is venomous, and capable of inflicting wounds. It 
can fly swiftly, as might be inferred from the ampli- 
tude of its wings, and is most active in the twilight 
and evening. It is extremely well figured by Madam 
Merian, in her Insects of Surinam ; and specimens 
are to be found in almost ev^y cabinet of any extent 
in this country and on the Continent. 
* In the 3d Vok of Entom. Magazine, the reader will find 
collected all that is worth knowing on the luminosity of the 
Fulgorae, — and something more, 
