GLOW-WORM 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
The antennas are filiform. 
The elytra, or wing-cases, are weak and flexible. 
The thorax flat and semiorbicular ; surrounding and con- 
cealing the head. 
The segments of the abdomen terminate on each side in 
papillae or little appendices, which are bent upwards to- 
wards the elytra. 
The females, in general, want wings. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Lampyris noctiluca. L. oblonga fusca, clypeo cinereo. Linn. 
Syst.Nat. Gmel. 1 . p. 1882. 
Of an oblong shape and brown colour ; 
the shield cinereous. 
Lampyris noctiluca communis. Degeer 
Ins. 4. p. 31. no. 1. t. 1. f. IQ, 20. 
Cantharis mas coleopterus. Leche. Nov. 
Sp. 23. no. 47- 
Glow-worm. . . . Geoff. Ins. 1 . pi. 2. f. 7. Shaw Gen. 
Zool. Q. p. 78 . ph 28. 
The great difference in appearance between the 
male and female glow-worm would induce many 
