The Glow- Worm and Other Beetles 



It is active and wriggles with awkward move- 

 ments. Ordinarily it lies upon its side, but 

 it can also stand in the normal position. 

 The creature is then trying to use its legs, 

 without finding sufficient purchase to enable 

 it to walk. A few days later, it relapses into 

 complete repose. 



Thirteen segments, including the head, 

 which is large, with a quadrilateral cranium, 

 rounded at the sides. Short antennae, con- 

 sisting of three knotted joints. Powerful 

 curved mandibles, with two or three little 

 teeth at the end, of a fairly bright red. 

 Labial palpi rather bulky, short and with 

 three joints, like the antennae. The mouth- 

 parts, labrum, mandibles and palpi are mova- 

 ble and stir slightly, as though seeking food. 

 A small brown speck near the base of each 

 antenna, marking the place of the future 

 eyes. Prothorax wider than the segments 

 that come after it. These are all of one 

 width and are distinctly divided by a furrow 

 and a slight lateral rim. Legs short, trans- 

 parent, without a terminal claw. They are 

 three-jointed stumps. Pale stigmata, eight 

 pairs of them, placed as in the pseudochry- 

 salis, that is, the first and largest pair on the 

 line dividing the first two segments of the 

 thorax and the seven others on the first seven 

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