. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects. Insects; Insects; Myriapoda; Arachnida; Crustacea. VIVIPAROUS Staphylinidce. (After Schiodte.) Corotoca melatitho and larva. Sph'actha Eurymedusa. The iip])er figures are those of Ccrotoca. The turning up of the hinder parts of the body is very evident in the engraving. curious and interesting discovery, and it was published by Schiodte in 1864. They are the only beetles which do not lay eggs and whose larvse are born alive, and this is a most remarkable dis- tinction. The insects are about the tenth of an inch long, and their abdomen is sof
. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects. Insects; Insects; Myriapoda; Arachnida; Crustacea. VIVIPAROUS Staphylinidce. (After Schiodte.) Corotoca melatitho and larva. Sph'actha Eurymedusa. The iip])er figures are those of Ccrotoca. The turning up of the hinder parts of the body is very evident in the engraving. curious and interesting discovery, and it was published by Schiodte in 1864. They are the only beetles which do not lay eggs and whose larvse are born alive, and this is a most remarkable dis- tinction. The insects are about the tenth of an inch long, and their abdomen is soft. It is supposed that the hairs which cover some parts of the abdomen are furnished with a peculiar secretion that is very much liked by the Termites, There are some other Staphylinidce which are very small beetles. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891; Blanchard, Émile, 1819-1900. Metamorphoses . .. des insects. London and New York, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
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