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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 671 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MALACODERMATA .—In this tribe may be included a number of families distinguished by the softness of the cuticle, the presence of seven or eight abdominal sterna and of four malpighian tubes, and the See also:

FIRM

firm, well-See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm- oured larva (fig. 15, c) which is often predaceous in See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit. The mesothoracic epimera See also:

BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound the coxal cavities of the inter-mediate legs. The Lymexylonidae, a small See also:

FAMILY

family of this See also:

GROUP

group, characterized by its slender, undifferentiated feelers and feet, is believed by Lameere to comprise the most See also:

PRIMITIVE

primitive of all living beetles, and See also:

Sharp See also:

LAYS

lays stress on the undeveloped structure of the tribe generally. The Lampyridae are a large family, of which the glow-See also:

WORM

worm (Lampyris) and the " soldier beetles " (Telephorus) are See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar examples. The See also:

FEMALE

female " glow-worm " (fig. 15, b), emitting the well-known See also:

LIGHT

light (see above), is wingless and like a larva; the luminosity seems to be an attraction to the male, whose eyes are often exceptionally well See also:

DEVELOPED

developed. Some male members of the family have remarkably complex feelers.

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