DIALOGUE XX. 
FULGORA^ OR LANTERN FLY. F. LATER- 
NARIA. F, CANDELARIA. NOTONECTA, 
OR BOAT FLY. NEPA, OR WATER SCOR - 
PION. N. CINEREA. 
MOTHER, You were amused, Lucy, 
with the account of the lampyris, or fire 
fly ; I think you will find that the J^ul- 
gora^i ox lantern Jly, which belongs to 
this order, is equally entertaining. 
Lucy, Lantern fly ! that is a curious 
name ; but I suppose it carries a light, 
like the glow worm r 
Blother. It does. One of the species, 
the fulgora laternaria^ of Surinam, in 
South America, is a very large insect, 
almost three inches in length ; the horny 
* FuIqo, to glitter. | Laicma, a lantern. 
