I I E M I P T L R A.
The only figure o f a Fulgora in any re fp ed rcfcmbUng this fpecies, is given in the works o f Stohl
under the title o f De Groote Goenc CoTomanchlifche Lantaarndragcr * ■, but among other evident fpeciiic
diftindions we need only notice the fti-ufitnre o f the trunk, which is altogether different, being ranch recurved
and tapering gradually from the bafe to an acute point a t the a p e x : its colour is alfo an olive black.
F U L G O R A H Y A L I N A T A .
C L E A R -W IN G E D F IR E F L Y .
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
T ru n k conic, uneven. W in g cafes tranfparent, ilreaked acrofs with black.
F u l g o r a H y a l in a t a : fronte conica insequalis elytrishyalinis: ftriga atra. Fal>. Em . Syfi. T . 4.
p . 5. fp . 16.— UNFIGURED.
Fabricius refers to the colledion of Sir Jofeph Banks, Bart, for this and th e following fpecies. The
annexed figures are copied from the fpecimens th a t author has defcribed.—F. Flyalinata is from Bengal.
F U L G O R A F E S T I V A .
H A N D S O M E F I R E F L Y .
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
Tru n k conic. Win g cafes brown : anterior margin green with five black fpots, femi-circled with orange.
Wings red a t the bafe.
F u l g o r a F e s t i v a : fronte conica, elytris fufcis: margine extei’iore virefcente; p u n d is nigris fulvlfque,
alis bafi rnbris. Fab. Ent. Syfi. T. 4. p. 5. fp . 17.— UNFIGURED.
This fpecies is from Coromandel.
* PI. 20, fig. 143. Green Lantern-carrier fly of Coromandel.—.\.t the conclufion of the defcription Stohl fays, “ In de Neder-
I.mdfche Kabinetten, &c. &c.” ‘ This infefl was not known in the cabinets of the low countries till within three years,’ anno 178O,
‘ during Avhich time a few were brought from Tranquebar on the Coromandel coaft, to the cabinet of natural curiofities of his
1 lighnefs the Stadtholder of the United Provinces, of which I have been obligingly permitted to take the figure of a female by
Monf. Vofmar, to whom I owe my public acknowledgments for it.’ 99- ¡ab. 26.