. A manual of zoology. Zoology. 432 ARTHROrODA piiietrans* attacks mau, the female boring into the skin and there laying the eggs. Order XI. Lepidoptera. This group of bultcrllies and motlis is the most sharply limited of any order of Hexapods. I'he \\'iiigs, both pairs of which are well developed (rarclv lacking, as in many female Psychida^ and some Geometrid;i?), are covered with scales (llallened hairs), and to these are due the frequently brilliant color patterns. Frequenth the fore and hind wings are united bv hooks. The mesothorax is large and the smaller pro- and metathoras are closely
. A manual of zoology. Zoology. 432 ARTHROrODA piiietrans* attacks mau, the female boring into the skin and there laying the eggs. Order XI. Lepidoptera. This group of bultcrllies and motlis is the most sharply limited of any order of Hexapods. I'he \\'iiigs, both pairs of which are well developed (rarclv lacking, as in many female Psychida^ and some Geometrid;i?), are covered with scales (llallened hairs), and to these are due the frequently brilliant color patterns. Frequenth the fore and hind wings are united bv hooks. The mesothorax is large and the smaller pro- and metathoras are closely united to it, gixdng rire region a distinctness from head or alido- men. The mouth parts are peculiar (lig. 447), although foreshadowed in the rhryganids, and not fully developeil in (he ^Microlepidoplera. The mandibles are rudimentarv or absent, while the fused maxilla-, greatly elongate, form the proboscis. The de'wlopment is holometaljolous; the. 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 Hertwig, Richard, 1850-1937; Kingsley, J. S. (John Sterling), 1854-1929, ed. and tr. New York, H. Holt
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