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inward under the body ; the feet are greffcry, or formed 
for walking *. In thefe animals the elytra commonly 
decline along the Tides, and when at reft cover the whole 
of the abdomen ; for they gradually iucreafe in breadth 
from the bafe to the extremities. 
The fulgera candelaria of Linnxus , is of a frelh green 
colour ; on the ground of the elytra figured and flriated 
with lines of a pale yellow ; the \vings are of a deep and 
beautiful yellow, with a band of gloily black, bordering 
their extremities ; the head and thorax are generally of a 
ruddy brown, and the animal emits flaihes of lightning 
as it flies in the dark. 
• Syftema Nature, Ord. ii. Gdn. 4 , 
