Lampyris. COLFOPTERA. $ 9 



are wanting in the lad mentioned genus, and ferve 

 more particularly to diflinguifh the Lampyris. 



Geoffroy and Schaeffer give the fame charac- 

 ters to this genus as Linnaeus. 



The Pyrcchoraoi the lad mentioned author is 

 a Linnsean Lampyris, with antennae pectinated 

 on the one fide. 



The larvze of thofe Lam py rides we are ac- 

 quainted with, perfectly refemble the female in- 

 fect, and feed upon leaves. 



The infect called in our language, the glow- 

 worm, from the mining light which ir emits, and 

 which is fo frequently met with in the evenings 

 about the month of June, in woods and mea- 

 dows, belongs to this genus, 



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