THE ALA US OCULATUS. 



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slugs. Other species of the family of the glowworms live in 

 tropical climates, but they are usually small creatures. 



There is a male glowworm represented flying in the engraving 

 on page 310, and there is one on the tree on the right hand of the 



METAMORPHOSES OF Alaiis ocidatus. 



picture. A female is shown beneath the flying male, and there is 

 another on the ground to the right hand. The segmented con- 

 dition of the body and the want of wings causes the female to 

 resemble the larvae, and these are represented to the left. 



There are some beetles which are very generally known as 



