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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
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150. 
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natives of the Old World and Australia. Trans. Ent. Soc, 
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D. Anatomical and Physiological Memoirs. 
Lindemann, Carl. Anatomische Untersnchung iiber die Struk- 
tur des Leuehtorgaues von Lampyris splendidala. Bull. 
Soc. Imp. Nat. Mose. 1863, pp. 437 It*, pi. vii. r. (Anato- 
mical investigation of the structure of the luminous organ 
of Lampyris splendidala.) Publ. February 1864. 
The author describes the structure of the organ, and espe- 
cially the arrangement of the nerves with which it is supplied ; 
he refers the luminosity to direct nervous influence, and com- 
pares the organ to the electrical organs of Fishes. 
Ofsianikoe, P. Ueber das Leuchten der Larven von Lampyris 
noctilaca. Bull. Acad. Imp. de St. Petersb. tom. vii. pp. 55- 
61 (read 30th October, 1863). 
In August all the larvee, whether small or large, possessed the 
faculty of emitting light. The light is emitted only by the 
antepenultimate segment, on the lower lateral surface of 
which there are two bright points. The light proceeds from 
two small saccules, which approach the surface when the 
insect extends itself, and the liglit is then emitted. When the 
insect contracts, the saccules retreat into the interior and the 
light ceases. The saccules, when removed from the body of the 
insect, still emit a bright light for a considerable time ; and this is 
the case even when they are torn to pieces ; but as they become 
desiccated they lose this property. By examining a saccule thus 
torn, by its own light under the microscope, Ofsianikof found it 
to consist of a membrane and a fluid; the liglit appeared to he 
