T H E 
GREAT LANTHO R N -FLY, 
O R 
FI R E - F L Y. 
Generic Character. 
Head hollow, inflated, and produced forwards. 
Antennce below the eyes, confifting of 2 joints, 
the exterior larger and globofe. 
Beak infleded. 
Feet formed for walking. 
Specific Character, &c. 
FULGORA with large oval head; variegated 
wings ; the lower pair ocellated. 
LANTERN ARIA. 
Merian. Snr . t. 49. 
Rofel. vol. 2. t. 28, 29. 
Few circumftances are more remarkable amongft in- 
fedls than the phofphoric light with which fome parti¬ 
cular fpecies abound. Amongft the European infeds 
this quality is mod confpicuous in the Glow-Worms, 
which are of the Linnaean genus Lampyris, and belong 
to the Coleopterous tribe. In America a large fpecies 
ofElater, or Springing-Beetle is polTefied of this faculty 
in 
