Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . THE LANTKKN FLY. 733 general colour is green. The upper wings are pale green, withhe nervures of the lower surface traced in a brighter green, and. Fig. 473.—Cystosoma Saundersii. (Pale green.) the lower wings are translucent and iridescent. Three speciesof this genus are known, all Australian. The accompanying illustration represents one of the mostextraordinary of the insect race, the celebrated Lantern Fly,respecting whose luminosity a fierce controversy has long Madame Mer
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . THE LANTKKN FLY. 733 general colour is green. The upper wings are pale green, withhe nervures of the lower surface traced in a brighter green, and. Fig. 473.—Cystosoma Saundersii. (Pale green.) the lower wings are translucent and iridescent. Three speciesof this genus are known, all Australian. The accompanying illustration represents one of the mostextraordinary of the insect race, the celebrated Lantern Fly,respecting whose luminosity a fierce controversy has long Madame Merian first described this insect, she mentionedvery graphically its wonderfully luminous properties. Succeed-ing observers, however, flatly denied the luminosity, and attri-buted it to mere invention on the part of Madame Merian. The conflicting accounts, however, can be easily all luminous insects the luminosity is capricious, and onlyendures for a certain time, so that many persons might observethe Lantern Fly carefully and never see its luminosity. There is,however, no doubt that the creature is luminous, as is shown bythe fact that a description of the insect has been written by its 7U INSECTS AH ROAD. own light. There are four
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