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IN connexion with Dr. V. B. Wigglesworth‘s article on bioluminescence in Nature of September 11, p. 423, Mr. K. B. Williamson, c/o Manson House, 26 Portland Place, London, W.I, has recalled observations made by him while he was malaria research officer in Malaya some years ago. A dytiscid beetle which fell about three feet off the laboratory bench on to the floor of the old Malaria Bureau, Kuala Lumpur, displayed a unique type of bioluminescence. The beetle appeared to emit bright flashes of white light, three or four at a time, from its eyes.
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Bioluminescence. Nature 162, 768 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162768b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/162768b0