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copate w ith diligence and prudence, and rendering hlm- 
f'elf a I'libjeit of veneration and efteem by his piety, liiiini- 
lity, and exemplary manners. He was frequently ap¬ 
pointed to prefide at the fynods which were held by his 
party. He died in 533, in the hxty-fifth year of his age. 
IJe left behind him numerous treatifes in theological con- 
troverfy, homilies, epiflles, &c. many of which have 
been long fince loft. Tliey have been frequently printed 
at Bal'il, Cologne, Antwerp, Lyons, Paris, and other 
places; but the beft edition of th.cm is that pnbliflied at 
Paris by Defnrez, in 16S4, in one volume 4to. They 
are alfo inferted in the ninth volume of the BibHothcca Pa- 
t:um. Fulgentius is highly praifed by Ifiodorus, for the 
correiSinefs and clearnefs of hisfryle, and by fome writers 
he is called the Augufline of his age; for he not only 
conformed to the doctrine of that father, biit alfb imitated 
his difcipline and auflerity. 
FULGKN'nUS-PLANClADKS (Fabius), fometimes 
confounded with the preceding, as he flouriflicd about 
the year 520, and, according to fome writers, was bi- 
fliop of Carthage. He was the author of three books On 
Mythology, adilreped to a prieft, named Catus. They 
were publifhed in 1599, by Jerome Comelin, toge¬ 
ther with the mythological treatifes of Hvgynns, Julius 
-Firmicus Maternus, and Alberic; and at Amfterdam in 
1681, by Munker, in two volutiies Svo.’w'ith othertreatifes 
of a fimilar nature, under the title of Mythographi Latini 
This Fulgentius was alfo the author of a curious treatile 
Dc primh-vccabulh Latinis, publifhed at Paris in 1586, 4to. 
and to him has been attributed a differtation On the Alle- 
gories of Virgil, addrelTed to Charit ies, a grammarian. 
FUL'GID, adj. \_fulgidus, Lat.J shining; glittering; 
dazzling. 
FULGID'ITY, f. [from Jutgid.'\ Splendour; daz¬ 
zling glitter. 
FULG IN A'TES, (fing. Futginas ; ) anciently a people of 
Umbria, whofe chief town was Fulginutn, now Foligno. 
Pliny. 
FUL'GORA,y. [from/a/efc, Lat. to fliine, lighten, 
or glitter.] In entoinulogy, the Lanthorn I' I.y ; a ge¬ 
nus belongtijg to the order of hemipier.t; the characters 
of which are : He d hollow, it fl 1 ted, ex tended forw ard ; 
antennae fhort, feated beneath the eyes, confifling of two 
joints, the outer one larger and globular ; fnoiii elon- 
g.ited, inflebted, four-jointed ; legs formed for walking. 
Twenty-five fpecies have been afeertained, viz. 
1. Fulgora lanternaria ; front or fnout elongated, and 
ilraight; wing-cafes richly variegated with a profufionof 
colours ; on each wing a large lucid ocellate fpot. It in¬ 
habits Surinam, and all the warm parts of South Ameri¬ 
ca ; and it emits fo flrong a phofphoric light from the hoi. 
low part of the head, that travellers are laid to be direct¬ 
ed in their journey at night, by fixing one or two of 
them to the end of a flick. Of this magnificent inledt, 
madam Merian gives the following account, during her 
refidence at Surinam. “ On a pomegranate branch I ob- 
ferved the larva or beetle, reprelented at fig. i, in the an¬ 
nexed engraving. It was naturally very fluggifli, and 
confequently eafily taken : under the forepart of their 
head they have a remarkable oblong probofeis, whicli 
they flick into flowers when they fuck tl\eir juices. On 
the 20th day after I had taken it, it became motionlefs, 
and the fkin on its back breaking off, it produced a greeii- 
ifh fly, which made a found fomewhat like a lute, 
for which reafon the Dutch inhabitants called it tbe har. 
per. It had the probofeis the fame as in the larva flate. 
The Indians informed me that thefe infedts came to be the 
flies which the Dutch call lantaren dragers, i. e. lanthorn 
bearer ; which gives fo great a light in the dark, that one 
may fee to read and write by it. Having therefore col. 
lefted a number of thefe flies, I obferved their firli meta- 
morphofis, in which the harper retained its form in every 
part, except the large tranfparent hood which grew out 
of the head ; the Indians call the fly in this (late, the 
mthcr of the lanthorn. bearer^ as the beetle is called the 
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parent of the f,y, Fig. 2, in the engraving, Htew'show the 
harper is by degrees thus changed into the lantherii bear¬ 
er. NVhen the Indians had brought me a great many of 
thefe flies in their firfl or liarper (late, I put them up in a 
box, not knowing yet tliut they fhone in the dark ; but 
one night anuiuifual buzzing fiiddenly awaked and terri¬ 
fied me ; I jumpt out of bed, and caufed alight to be 
ftnirk, wondering - wh.at (Irange humming was in the 
houre, -when weyierce.ved that the nolle proceeded front 
the box. We therefore pulled off the lid in great terror, 
and flung it on the ground ; when we faw, as it were, a 
flame of fire come out, which again appeared at the flight 
of every infedt; but having for fome time viewed them 
attentively, and tliey returning to us, we colledted them, 
greatly admiring their fplendour.” The lanthorn fly, in its 
perfedt or mature date, is fhewn in the engraving, at fig. 3. 
2. Fulgora diadema : the head of this fpecies, though 
not fo refplendent and luminous as the preceding, is never- 
thelefs extremely curious. The hood is extended almofl: 
half an inch above the eyes, in the fliape of a crown ; 
whence its fpecific name. It is decorated with m.my tu¬ 
bercles, like fludded horns, on the fides, and trifid at the 
tip. The elytra, or wing-cafes, next the body, are of a 
greenifii hue, with fome dulky red jiatches irregularly 
placed; and towards the extremity is a large patch of a 
dark yellow colour. The internal wings are black, but 
next the body are red, v\ith fome red fpots fcattered over 
the centre of them. This is a native of India ; is very- 
common at Cayenne; and a correct reprefentation of it is 
given in the engraving at fig. 4. 
3. Fulgora Candelaria : the front or hood of tliis fpe¬ 
cies is remarkably extended in the lha|)e of a candle, 
whence proceeds a Itroiig phofphoric light. The body' 
and lower wings are of a lich orange colour, except the 
tips of the wings, which have a border of black. The 
upi)er wings or elytra are green, variegated and fpotted 
with, yellow. The head and front are of a deeper orange, 
inclining to red. It is a i-iative of China ; and is reprefent- 
ed in the annexed engravingat fig. 5. 
4. Fulgora ferrata : front extended, afeending, ferrate 
four ways. Front with four rows of ftrong lharp teeth ; 
wing-cai'es brown; wings ocellate at the tip. Inhabits 
Surinam. 
5 Fulgora pliofphorea : front fubulate, extended, af- 
cendinsz ; body grey, glaucous. Inhabits Surinam. 
6. Fulgora nodtivida : front extended, afeending, point¬ 
ed ; body green ; wings hyaline. Inhabits Surinam. 
7. F^ulgdra lucernea: front extended, body 'above 
greenifli, beneath, yellow. Inhabits Surinam. 
8. Fulgora fl immea : front extended,alcending, round, 
truncate. Inhabits South America. 
9. Fulgora tenebrofa : front extended, flraight, trun¬ 
cate ; wing-cafes rough, grey ; head brown ; front llraightj 
round, rufous and truncate ; thorax and wing-cafesrougn 
with raifed brown dots: wings dulky. Inhabits Guinea. 
10. Fulgora obfeurata : front extended, flraight, trun¬ 
cate ; wing-cafes cinereous fpotted with blade; fnout as 
long as the body, black with a white bale, and mark¬ 
ed with white dots and two white bands; front ob¬ 
liquely truncate ; thorax brown ; wings white; legs va¬ 
ried with white and black. Inhabits New Holland. 
11. Fulgora adfeendens : front extended, fubulate, af¬ 
eending ; wing-cafes rully-brown, dotted with white. A 
fmall Ipecies ; the fnout above, black, beneath, yellow ; 
head beneath, yellow, with two oblique black ftreaks, a 
b:ack dorlal line above ; wings hyaline; body, yellow ; 
border of the abdomen blgck on the back. Inhabits 
Cayenne. 
12. Fulgora fafeiata: front extended, afeending; wing- 
cafes, rulty-brown, with two green bands and a green dot 
behind ; head conic grooved, yellow with a brawn back; 
thorax, brown; body, yellow ; abdomen rufous above. 
Inhabits Cayenne. 
13. Fulgora truncata : front fomewhat obtufe ; wings, 
green truncate. Inhabits India, 
14. Fulgora 
