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283 FULGORA CASTRESII. XXII. Fig. 2. Guerin's Mag. de Zool. Pl. 173 et 174.

insect has been recently made known by the French periodical above referred to; even though it may be thought by some not to be a distinct species, it must be admitted to be an interesting variety. Its chief distinctions from F. laternaria are, that the head is narrower than the thorax, and more than twice longer than broad; the hemelytra yellowish-green, variegated with black over the whole surface. This magnificent insect is a native of Mexico, and still rare in collections. The specific name has been given in honour of Colonel Castres, an enlightened patron of works on natural history. M. Guerin mentions that he has seen another species of Fulgora in the collections of the French Museum, very closely allied to the preceding, but having the snout still more narrow and elongated than in F. Castresii.

FULGORA CANDELARIA. XXIII. Fig. 1. F. candelaria, Linn. Fabr.—Stoll's Cicad. Pl. 10, fig. 46; and A. Roesel's Ins. Locusta, Pl. 30. finely coloured species has been long known, and few collections of insects arrive in this country from China without containing specimens. It is usually, in this country, called the lantern-fly. Its appearance and markings are so well expressed in the figure, that we must not occupy space with description.