SOME FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE LIGHT-EMISSION OF AMERICAN LAMPYRIDÆ: THE PHOTOGENIC FUNCTION AS A MATING ADAPTATION IN THE PHOTININI

F. ALEX. MCDERMOTT

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