[393] De Geer iv. 66. t. ii. f. 5-8.
[394] Ibid. t. xiii. f. 16-19. A very singular larva, which preys upon that of Aleyrodes proletella Latr., if Reaumur's figure be correct (ii. t. xxv. f. 18-20), is of a perfect Chilopodiform type, the abdominal legs being represented by a tubercle crowned by a bristle: yet even this, which turns to a minute beetle (Ibid. f. 21), has some tendency to the Anopluriform type.
[395] "Squilla insectum a squilla pisce parum differt." Mouffet, 319.
[396] A remarkable difference obtains between the larva of the wire-worm and that of Elater undulatus. In the former, the last segment is longer than the preceding one, terminating in a small acute mucro at the apex, with a deep cavity, perhaps a spiracle, on each side, at the base. In the latter, this segment is shorter than the preceding one, forming above a nearly circular plate; the margin of which is a little elevated, and armed on each side with three teeth, and at the apex with a pair of furcate recurved horns, and without any basal spiracle. De Geer iv. 156. t. v. f. 25. I have a similar larva, but not the same species.
[397] Hor. Entomolog. 397.
[398] Ibid. 399.
[399] Ibid. 438. Note *.
[400] Traité Element. ii. 35. n. 577.
[401] Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. 66. t. vi. f. 3.
[402] Compare De Geer iii. t. xi. f. 3. and t. xvii. f. 14. &c.