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THE GLOW-WORM.
Few insects in our climes vie in popular fame with the Glow-worm, that curious little animal which, to celebrate the little joys of life, kindles a beacon at its tail-end.

Who does not know it, at least by name?
Who has not seen it roam amid the grass, like a spark fallen from the moon at its full?
The Greeks of old called it lampouris, meaning, the bright-tailed.

Science employs the same term: it calls it the lantern-bearer, Lampyris noctiluca, Lin.

In this case the common name is inferior to the scientific phrase, which, when translated, becomes both expressive and accurate.
In fact, we might easily cavil at the word "worm." The Lampyris is not a worm at all, not even in general appearance.