. 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. e appearing in Juneand the other in September. Its caterpillars live upon thepretty green leaves of the Euphorbia, whose stems, when broken,exude a milky sap. Before these larvae attain their full growth they may be seenin abundance on the same plant, but
. 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. e appearing in Juneand the other in September. Its caterpillars live upon thepretty green leaves of the Euphorbia, whose stems, when broken,exude a milky sap. Before these larvae attain their full growth they may be seenin abundance on the same plant, but as they are gross feeders,they soon have to separate, in order to exist. Their bodies arecuriously ornamented, being black in colour, and they havethree long lines of a carmine tint upon them, one on theback, and the others above the line of the legs ; besides thesethere are some very close points and dots of yellow arrangedon each segment, like coronets of pearls, and finally there aretwo rows on each flank of rounded spots, which arc sometimesyellow, or even red or white and red in colour. Sometimes,with all this elaborate colouring, the foundation is a livelygreen instead of black. They become full grown towards theend of July, and they then hide themselves in the ground,after having formed a hole, and are transformed; but they do. niK MKl A.\[i iKllli i>l.^ I- IHK S//ui/.\ utpUinbu. THE SPRING ID/E. lOI not stop n it very long, for the chrysalis becomes metamorphosedin a few weeks, and then the Sphinx aipliorbics may be seenbuzzing about the flowers in the early morning and during theevening twilight. It is a very pretty insect, the front wings ofwhich are of a subdued rose colour, with three spots of deepgreen, and an undulating band of the same shade, and the hindwings are of a rose tint, with black bands. The caterpillars of this sphinx appear a second time on theEiipJiorbias in the same year. Towards the end of Septemberthey hide themselves in the earth, and becom
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