. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Fig. 58.—Alebrus cxpansicornis. to the nature of the luminosity, but very little as yet is knownabout it; it is apparently due to the oxidation of some fattysubstance formed or secreted within the body. In most cases there is but little difference in general appearancebetween the female and the larva, whereas the males are perfect CAM TH ARID JE. 137. Pig. larva. Coleoptera with large and ample wings and elytra. The mostlarva-like female is perhaps that of the extraordinary Americangenus Phengodes *. The
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Fig. 58.—Alebrus cxpansicornis. to the nature of the luminosity, but very little as yet is knownabout it; it is apparently due to the oxidation of some fattysubstance formed or secreted within the body. In most cases there is but little difference in general appearancebetween the female and the larva, whereas the males are perfect CAM TH ARID JE. 137. Pig. larva. Coleoptera with large and ample wings and elytra. The mostlarva-like female is perhaps that of the extraordinary Americangenus Phengodes *. The are, as might be expected, almost entirelynocturnal in their habits. As Lacordaire points out (Gren. desColeopt. iv, p. 307) they were at first believed tobe phytophagous, but they are probably carni-vorous as larvae, and eat nothing in the perfectstate. The Canthari:n^e are elongate and insome cases very delicate insects (Malthodes, etc.).They are of simple structure, do not differ in thesexes and are for the most part fiercely carni-vorous, sometimes tearing each other in pieces ;the members of the genus Cantharis (Telephorus)are the well-known soldier-beetles. Thelarvaeof the genus are lampyriform, of a velvety con-sistency, black or variegated, with an exposedscaly flat head, short antennae, and a singleocellus behind each antenna; the anal segment isfurnished on the underside with a Meshy tubercleor prol
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