LANTERN FLY. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Head extended on the fore part, where it forms an inflated 
cavity. 
Antennae seated below the eyes, and having two articulations, 
of which the exterior are globose. 
Snout inflected. 
Feet formed for walking. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
F ulgora lanternari A. F. fronte rostrata recta, alis lividis : 
posterioribus ocellatis. Linn. Syst. 
Nat. Gmel. 1. p. 2O89. 
A straight beak in front} wings livid; 
a large eye-shaped spot in each of 
the lower wings. 
Ccjcujus peruvianus. Grew Mus. 
158. t. 13. 
Lantern Fly. . . . Merian Surin. pi. 49. Reaumur 
Ins. 5. pi. 20. f. 6, 7- Shaw Gen. 
Zool. 6. 144. pi. 52. 
These flies greatly alarmed Madam Merian when 
she first received a parcel of them from some 
Indians who brought them to her before she was 
aware of their phosphoric quality, and she gives 
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