OP INSECTS. 
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GLOW-WORM. 
The Glow-Worm is a very curious insect. 
Its body is divided into numerous annulets, 
or sections, each of which is covered with a 
black scale; it has a flat head, which is 
somewhat depressed; it is about an inch 
long;; and is to be found on the sides of 
roads and hedges. The light which the 
Glow-Worm emits bears a resemblance in 
colour to that which shines on certain species 
of fish when in a putrid state, or rotten wood. 
* i 'toe pretend to have discovered that it is 
■ 1 female that thus shines, and that the 
male does not resemble the Glow-Worm, 
but is a small fly; naturalists, however, are 
hostile to this hypothesis. 
