a. and sb. [f. L. lampyris glowworm (adopted in mod. Latin as the name of the glowworm genus), a. Gr. λαμπυρίς, f. λάμπειν to shine. See -INE.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Lampyrinæ or fire-flies. B. sb. One of the Lampyrinæ.
1842. Brande, Dict. Sci., etc. s.v. Lampyrinæ, The females of some of the Lampyrine tribe are apterous … and are luminous. All the Lampyrines, when seized, press their feet and antennæ against their body, and remain as motionless as if they were dead.
