. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea) : being an adaptation, for English readers, of M. Émile Blanchard's "Metamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects;" and a compilation from the works of Newport, Charles Darwin, Spence Bate, Fritz Müller, Packard, Lubbock, Stainton, and others. cient, and the pupas of both kinds arefound in a firm cocoon amongst leaves. The perfect insect fliesentirely by day, and soon tatters itself. There are some interesting moths which, although they havevery short antennae and a long abdomen, with some evid
. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea) : being an adaptation, for English readers, of M. Émile Blanchard's "Metamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects;" and a compilation from the works of Newport, Charles Darwin, Spence Bate, Fritz Müller, Packard, Lubbock, Stainton, and others. cient, and the pupas of both kinds arefound in a firm cocoon amongst leaves. The perfect insect fliesentirely by day, and soon tatters itself. There are some interesting moths which, although they havevery short antennae and a long abdomen, with some evidences ofthe presence of a short oviduct, are still classified among theBombycina. They constitute the family Hcpialidcc, and are foundin considerable numbers in America, Africa, and Australia, butonly rarely in Europe. The caterpillars feed on the roots of manyplants, and never come into the light, and they are slim, elongated,and colourless. The largest of the European species is HepialiisJiumnli, commonly called the Ghost, and the wings of the malesare snowy wdiite in colour with brownish costae and fringes, whilstthe females are decorated with wings of a dull yellow tint, andwith brick-red bands. The larva is pale in colour, and has areddish-brown plate in front on the second segment, and lives 1 ^ ,. ^ ^25-^ r- •?,- r- I/TO I,. Ilk \111/^ THE METAMORlHOSES OF PsycJic graJiiiuclla. ^ THE BOMBYCINA. 121 upon the roots of hops, nettles, and burdocks, being common allover Europe, and even among the hilly districts. Australia, however, is the land where the Hcpialida; of them has a caterpillar which may really be called enormousin size ; it lives within the trunks of the beef-wood trees, andalthough it is a flabby, flat, and white-looking grub, it is by nomeans despised as a luxury by the natives. The Australians eatthe caterpillars uncooked, and peel and squeeze them first of all,just as wc do a fig or a peach. The Goat Moth {Cossus ligiiiperdd) is a well-known
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