[112] Or sheath; the Coleoptera of the naturalists.
[113] The flying stag-beetle, the Lucanus cervus of Linnæus.
[114] The dung-beetle, the Scarabæus pilularius of Linnæus.
[115] Various kinds of crickets.
[116] Cuvier says that it is on the two sides of the abdomen that the male carries its light, while the whole posterior part of the female is shining.
[117] In the glow-worm of France, the Lampyris noctiluca of Linnæus, the female is without wings, while the male gives but little light. In that of Italy, the Lampyris Italica, both sexes are winged.
[118] “Blattæ.” See B. xxix. c. 39, where three kinds are specified.
[119] This beetle appears to be unknown. Cuvier suggests that the Scarabæus nasicornis of Linnæus, which haunts dead bark, or the Scarabæus auratus may be the insect referred to.
[120] “Fatal to the beetle.”
[121] Cuvier remarks that this assertion, borrowed from Aristotle, is incorrect. The wings of many of the Coleoptera are articulated in the middle, and so double, one part on the other, to enter the sheath.