Show JdrL 3f p L i totj ion Tho natiVa of L > cca ill Italy ss tt that the scorpion will destroy itself if exposed to a sudden light and a writer in Nature said that his informant and her friends while residing during the summer mouths at tho baths of Lucca were much annoyed by the intrusion of small black scorpions into the house and their being secreted among tho bedclothes bed-clothes in shoes and in other articles of dress that they soon became adepts in catching the scorpions and disposing of them in the manner suggested This consisted in confining the animal under an inverted drinking glass or tumbler below which a card was inserted when the capture was made and then waiting till dark suddenly bringing tho light of a candle near to the glass in which the animal was confined No sooner was this done than tho scorpion invariably showed signs of great excitement running run-ning round and round tho interior of the tumbler with reckless velocity for a number of times This state having lasted for a minute or more the animal suddenly became quiet and turning its tail or the hinder part of its body over its back brought its recurved sting down upon tho middle mid-dle of the head and piercing it forcibly in a few seconds became quite motionless motion-less and in fact quito dead This observation ob-servation was repeated very frequently in truth it was adopted as the best plan of getting rid of the pests and the young people were in the habit of handling han-dling them with impunity immediately lifter they were so killed and of preserving preserv-ing many of them as curiosities It is known that scorpions kill themselves when surrounded by a ring of fire |