. Coleoptera. Beetles. na.—J'i/yopl,„nis noctlhifus. when not illunihiiiti'il, is yellowish white in color; Init which, when illuminated, gives out a light exceeding in ln-illiancv that of the Lani]iyri<l;e. The species of J^i/rop/iorus fly ill much more direct lines and give out their light longer an<l more constantly than do the Lampyriche. IJuring flight a luminous organ situated beneath, between the metathorax and first alxlominal segment, emits even m'ore light than do the [irothoracic lanterns. In ^'era t'ruz these beetles are so much used as toilet ornaments that they arc an artic
. Coleoptera. Beetles. na.—J'i/yopl,„nis noctlhifus. when not illunihiiiti'il, is yellowish white in color; Init which, when illuminated, gives out a light exceeding in ln-illiancv that of the Lani]iyri<l;e. The species of J^i/rop/iorus fly ill much more direct lines and give out their light longer an<l more constantly than do the Lampyriche. IJuring flight a luminous organ situated beneath, between the metathorax and first alxlominal segment, emits even m'ore light than do the [irothoracic lanterns. In ^'era t'ruz these beetles are so much used as toilet ornaments that they arc an article of trade. The Indians cajiture them by waving about in the air a stick, to which they have attached a burning coal, the light of the Coal attracting the bi't'llcs in the same way as they are attracted to each other by their own buuinosity. They are preserved Fig. 4U. — in boxes made of wire netting, arc feo\\ the will of the insect; when feeding, and during sleep, no light is given off, the greatest intensity of the light being reached during flight .and activity. Corymhites is a large genus, numliering in the United .States over seventy , and the s]>ecies vary greatly in form, size, and coloration. C. 7'espletulcns, common in northern New England, is shinini;' bron/.e green with ledilish reflections, :md is about of .an inch long. (J. cj/Undrifnrinis, a brown sjjccies which is quite ekmgated, varies in length from to of an inch. The genera At/ioiis, J^imonintt, J/dd/iotits, Elater, and Cryptohi/pmis ,are all represented by numerous species in tlie United States, but many of these sjiccies are diflieult to distinguisli without elabcjrate descriptions or flgures, and little is known of their life history. Mditiiotiis coinnuoris is one of the most common s]iecies of snaj)- ping beetles in the northeastern Ignited States; it is Ijrown, ]iubescent, and about ( of an inch long. Alaus ocii/fitns, not only on account of lieing one of the
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