



HEMIPTERA. 
The Cicada limbata is of a light green colour, with a red margin; that which Stobl has figured 
is of a pale brown, with a black margin. Thefe are the /fecies and variety Fabricius defcribes, for the 
fpecimens he refers to, in the colleétion of Sir Jofeph Banks, agree precifely with our infects. Fabricius 
notes the Abitat Africa, Stohl received the green fpecimen from the Ifland of Ceylon; the pale fort from 
Africa. The larva we have reprefented is from China; and the Cicada was brought from the Eaft Indies, 
by the late Mr. Ellis. 
Croton Sebiferum—Poplar-leaved Croton, or Tallow-tree. 
The Tallow-tree is not the natural food of the Wax infeét, but as they mutually illuftrate the fame in- 
quiry, they are reprefented in the fame plate; and it is further prefumed, that a fhort account of this ufe- 
ful plant, will be deemed a proper fequel to the hiftory of the infect. 
Du Halde, when defcribing the Tallow-tree, fays, “ I] eft de Ja hauteur d’une grande cerifier. Le 
fruit eft renfermée dans un écorce qu’on appelle Yen Kiou, et qui souvre par Je milieu quand il 
eft mtir, comme celle de Ja chataigne. J] confifte en des grains blancs de la groffeur d'un noifette, 
dont la chair a les qualitez du fuif; aufli en fait-on des chandelles, apres Yavoir fait fondre, en y 
mélant fouvent un peu d’huile ordinaire, et trempant Jes chandelles dans la cire qui vient fur l’arbre 
dont je vais parler: il s’en forme autour du fuif une efpéce de crotte qui l’empéche de couler?. 
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Sir G. Staunton fpeaks nearly to the fame effect: ‘‘ From the fruit of the Croton /ebiferum, of Lin- 
nus, the Chinefe obtain a kind of vegetable fat, with which they make a great proportion of their 
candles. This fruit, in its external appearance, bears fome refemblance to the berries of the ivy. As 
foon as it is ripe, the capfule opens and divides into two, or, more frequently, three divifions, and falling 
off, difcovers as many kernels, each attached by a feparate foot-ftalk, and covered with a flefhy fubftance 
of a fnowy whitenefs, contrafting beautifully with the leaves of the tree, which, at this feafon, are of a 
tint between a purple anda fcarlet. The fat, or flefhy fubftance, is {eparated from the kernels by crufhing 
and boiling them in water. The candles made of this fat are firmer than thofe of tallow, as well as free 
h € It is of the height of a large cherry-tree ; the fruit is inclofed in a fhell, called Yen Kiou, which, when ripe, opens in 
the middle like the chefnut. The fruit confifts of white kernels of the fize of a fmall, or hazel nut, whofe fubftance has all 
the qualities of tallow; fo that they make candles of it, after having melted and mixed it with a fmall portion of common oil, 
and then dipping the candles into the wax before mentioned, it forms a kind of cruft round the tallow that prevents its run- 
ning 
g, or wafting. 






