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seed, are round and of a straw colour. When 

 first emitted they are covered with a glutinous 

 secretion, which fixes them to the turf or grass, 

 where they are destined to remain. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Lampyris noctiluca. L. oblonga fusca, clypeo 

 cinereo. Linn, Si/st. Nat. p. 64^3. Gmel. p. 1882. 

 Fair. Syst. Ent. 1. p. 200. Spec. Ins. 1. p. 251, 

 Mant. I. £.161. 

 Degeer, Ins. 4.p.31.t. \.f. 19, 20. 

 Panzer, Faun. Ins. Germ. fast. 41 . t. 7. 

 Inhabits Europe, and is found in fields and woods. 

 The female is wingless, and is the common glow-worm. 

 PL 19. a. Natural size. b. Magnified, c. A horn. 

 d. A leg. 



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