The Canadian Entomologist, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Canadian Entomologist, Vol. 1 All communications and remittances should be addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Entomological Society of Canada The Rev. C.J. S.Bethune, Credit, Ontario, Canada. A Luminous Larva. By The Rev. C.J. ij. Bethune, M.A. On the 5 th of July, a friend brought me a very remarkable Larva that he found in a field the previous evening, and which had attracted his attention by the light it emitted. When alive it was about an inch and a half in length, and 0.25 inch in width across the middle, its general appearance being long and narrow; it is flattened above, and composed of twelve segments (exclusive of the head); each segment is broad and cut squarely, and overlaps the following one, the posterior angles being a little ´ the anterior segment is gradually narrowed in front and rectilineally truncate, forming a shield to the head which is retractile within it; each of the first three segments has a pair of claw-like legs attached to it beneath. The general colour of the insect is a dark drab, the posterior angles of each segment, the softer connecting portion between the segments, and the under side of the body being very much paler, and of a somewhat dirty yellow hue; on each side there is a deeply impressed line in which the spiracles are situated. When seen in the dark the insect presented a very beautiful appearance, being apparently ringed and dotted with greenish fire. Each spiracle appeared to be a point of bright greenish li;;ht, and the division between each segment a line of the same colour: it looked, indeed, as if the whole insect were filled with fire, which shone out wherever it was not concealed by the dark shelly integument. When coiled up on its side it looked like a lovely Ammonite whose stride emitted a green light, and with a point of green iire in each interspace. The morning after receiving the insect, I left home in order to attend the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society at London, where the specimen attracted much attention; unfortunately I was unable to nnd out its proper food (which I now fancy must have been snails and slugs), and when I reached home, ten days afterwards, the worm, to my g.eat regret, was dead, and I have failed in rearing it. On comparing, howe er, Westwoods description and figure of the larva of the English Glow-worm (Lampyris nodiluca), I cannot but think that my specimen is a closely allied species, and belongs at any rate to the family Lampyridae. At the London Meeting it was mentioned that a similar luminous larva had been captured in that neighborhood some years ago, but that nothing had jeen determined respecting it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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