398 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1938 



LITERATURE 

 Adams, E. Q. 



1924. The luminous efficiency of chemi-luminescent reactions. Physical 

 Rev., vol. 23, p. 771. 

 Allard, H. A. 



1918. Rhythmic synchronism in the chirping of certain crickets and locusts. 

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 Amberson, W. 



1922 a. Kinetics of the bioluminescent reaction in Cypridina. I. Journ. 



Gen. Physiol., vol. 4, p. 517. 

 1922 b. II. Ibid., vol. 4, p. 535. 

 Anderson, R. S. 



1933. Chemical studies on bioluminescence. I. Quantitative determination 

 of luciferin. Journ. Cell. Comp. Physiol., vol. 3, p. 45. 



1935. II. The partial purification of Cypridina luciferin. Journ. Gen. 



Physiol., vol. 19, p. 301. 



1936. III. The reversible reaction of Cypridina luciferin with oxidising agents 



and its relations to the luminescent reaction. Journ. Cell. 

 Comp. Physiol., vol. 8, p. 261. 



1937. IV. Salt effects on the total light emitted by a chemi-luminescent 



reaction. Journ. Chem. Soc, vol. 59, p. 2115. 

 BabAk, E. 



1921. Die Mechanik und Innervation der Atmung. Arthropoden. In Hans 

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BoNGARDT, J. 



1903. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Leuchtorgane einheimischer Lampyriden. 

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 Boyle, R. 



1667. Experiments concerning the relation between light and air in shining 

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 Brown, E. S., and King, C. V. 



1931. The nature of the photogenic response of Photuris pennsylvanica . 

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BUCHNER, P. 



1914. Sind die Leuchtorgane Pilzorgane? Zool. Anz., vol. 45, p. 17. 

 1926. Tierisches Leuchten und Symbiose. 58 pp. Berlin. 

 Buck, J. B. 



1935. Periodicity and diurnal rhythm in the firefly, Photinus pyralis. Anat. 



Rec, vol. 64, suppl., p. 66. 

 1935 a. Synchronous flashing of fireflies experimentally induced. Science, 

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1937. Studies on the firefly. I. The effects of light and other agents on 



flashing in Photinus pyralis, with special reference to periodicity 

 and diurnal rhythm. Physiol. Zool., vol. 10, p. 45. 

 1937 a. Studies on the firefly. II. The signal system and color vision in 



Photinus pyralis. Physiol. Zool., vol. 10, p. 412. 

 1937 b. Spectral composition of the light emitted by Jamaican fireflies. 



Anat. Rec, vol. 70, suppl., p. 114. 

 1937 c Flashing of fireflies in Jamaica. Nature, vol. 139, p. 801. London. 



1938. Synchronous rhythmic flashing of fireflies. Quart. Rev. Biol., vol. 



13, p. 301. 

 Carpenter, W. B. 



1854. Principles of comparative physiology. 770 pp., London. 



