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THE JOINTED ANIMALS 



in nearly all parts of the world, though most numerous perhaps in tropical America. 

 In Lampyris and certain other genera the females are frequently apterous. The 



THE WEST-INDIAN FIRE- 

 FLY, Pyrophorus noc- 

 tilucus. 



(Natural size.) 



Telephorus fuscus. 

 (Slightly enlarged.) 





female of Lampyris noctiluca our native glowworm is not only without wings, 

 but has even no trace of elytra, so that in appearance it is not unlike the larva of 

 the same species, though it may be distinguished by its broad semicircular prothorax, 



its more fully-de- 

 veloped legs, and 

 much greater lumi- 

 nosity. In the 

 genu s L ucicola 

 which is repre- 

 sented by two or 



Trichodes apiarius. three species in 

 (Enlarged.) South Europe 



both sexes are 



winged, and the males are even more 

 luninous than the females. 



The Telephoridce are distinguished 



from the two preceding families in having the head more ex- 

 posed, the bases of the antennas more widely separated from 

 one another, the pronotum somewhat square in shape, the 

 maxillary palpi ending in a hatchet-shaped joint, and the man- 

 dibles longer and often bifid at the end, or toothed on the inner 

 side. Some of them are among the commonest and most fa- 

 miliar of our insects, being known to schoolboys as ' ' soldiers " 

 and ' ' sailors, ' ' and few of our readers can fail to recognize 

 the species figured. This species (Telephones fuscus}, and a 



- . , , , , r i THE DEATHWATCH 



few others of the same genus, some of which are of an al- BFET r E An bium 

 most entirely yellowish-red color, are very plentiful on flowers tessellatum. 

 at certain times of the year. (Enlarged.) 



Clerus formicarius, with larva and pupa. 

 (All enlarged.) 



