. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. T9 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. eliborhood. and von dosirc to luarn something of itsnuturalfiistovv. Tin- iii^^pct, whii-h liii.; Imiwnish black wing-covers, nun-iiiiil \wth inilc \.ll.,«. a yellow thoriix, with a <-,-ntral lihi.'k -|int, ;,(mI ii |i:.i-li nT r,,s,- color each side of it, wlii. 1, »,i- ,<..A jn - 1 .-"luUtion, is the PAo/inu» 7)yni/i» 111 ^, :.inl i~ kimu ri alliiver the West by the naiui.' uf lliu •' i'; li i.^ luil, strictly speaking, u tly, but a true beetle, bo
. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. T9 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. eliborhood. and von dosirc to luarn something of itsnuturalfiistovv. Tin- iii^^pct, whii-h liii.; Imiwnish black wing-covers, nun-iiiiil \wth inilc \.ll.,«. a yellow thoriix, with a <-,-ntral lihi.'k -|int, ;,(mI ii |i:.i-li nT r,,s,- color each side of it, wlii. 1, »,i- ,<..A jn - 1 .-"luUtion, is the PAo/inu» 7)yni/i» 111 ^, :.inl i~ kimu ri alliiver the West by the naiui.' uf lliu •' i'; li i.^ luil, strictly speaking, u tly, but a true beetle, bolongini; to the order toLEOPTKHA, and the family Lampyhid-e. [Fig. 0.:. bodied insects. At times these '' lire-fly sist almost entirely on yoimg carth-woriu>, i"i v\' ikim found them abundantly in soil, on which im m ^( UiU hi grown for at least one year, and where incon-i'iuiiic i- th. r. was scarcely another animal to be found, besides these two —the "flrc-fly" larva feeding upon the earth-worm, and the latter subsisting on the earth itself. Each segment of the larva has a homy, brown iilnte above, with a straight white line runnini; knicritudinallv through themidiUe, and another, whai i ih\. il .jm . ..ii each side. The sides are soft ami i i>-r-, nl l ihr spii-acles which are white, are ila.,;l ,,ii a -iiiawlni elevated, andnearlvoval, dark brown |iairh. oii ili. side it is of a creain , wiib ,\\ n . at e. The head (magnifled at/) i> iliMi,ai,^lih a, lii, within the first front, iut the adhere to them after amusing to watch one, as it tli stretches this ^'houppe'* fan-like c vedi etractile •ad. ivashcs itself. When full grown, or during the latter part of June, it forms an oval cavity in the earth, throws oil'its larval skm, and becomes a puna as represented at b. In tliis staj^e it is white, with a tinge of crimson aluiitr tlie back and at tliu sides, and after a rest of about ten
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