. Insect transformations . Lobster caterpiUar (Staurofius Fagi, Germar.) * See Insect architecture, p. Waltons .gler, chap. v. 154 INSECT TRANSFORMATIONS. but Rosels figu-re, which we here copy, is more ac-curate. Looking at these very singular forms of caterpil-lars, we could not anticipate, without previous know-ledge, that all of them produced insects of nearly thesame shape, though differing considerably in size andcolour. It is not a little remarkable, also, that thecolours of caterpillars, with a few exceptions, such asthe magpie moth {Abraxas grossulariata), are verydifferent inde
. Insect transformations . Lobster caterpiUar (Staurofius Fagi, Germar.) * See Insect architecture, p. Waltons .gler, chap. v. 154 INSECT TRANSFORMATIONS. but Rosels figu-re, which we here copy, is more ac-curate. Looking at these very singular forms of caterpil-lars, we could not anticipate, without previous know-ledge, that all of them produced insects of nearly thesame shape, though differing considerably in size andcolour. It is not a little remarkable, also, that thecolours of caterpillars, with a few exceptions, such asthe magpie moth {Abraxas grossulariata), are verydifferent indeed from the insects into which they aretransformed. Plain and inconspicuous caterpillarswill sometimes give splendidly coloured insects, as inthe case of the Varussa butterflies; while finely mark-ed caterpillars will give plain insects, as the one whosegaudy stripes of sky-blue, scarlet, and black, has ob-tained it the appropriate name of the lackey (Clisio-campa neiistvia, Curtis), though the moth is of adull brownish
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