a. Ent. Obs. [Hybrid f. Gr. λυχνίδι-ον (dim. of λυχνίον lamp-stand, f. λύχνος lamp) + -ATE2.] Giving out light.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., IV. 307. Lychnidiate, when the Vertex, Frons and Postnasus are porrected so as to form a kind of rostrum which gives light in the night.
