THE ALAUS O'CULATUS . 
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slugs. Other species of the family of the glowworms live in 
tropical climates, but they are usually small creatures. 
There is a male glowworm represented flying in the engraving 
on page 310, and there is one on the tree on the right hand of the 
METAMORPHOSES OF AlilllS OClildtUS. 
picture. A female is shown beneath the flying male, and there is 
another on the ground to the right hand. The segmented con- 
dition of the body and the want of wings causes the female to 
resemble the larvae, and these are represented to the left. 
There are some beetles which are very generally known as 
