. 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. The ordinary idea is that the chrysalis condition is a saferefuge during the winter, when food cannot be obtained; butwhy should not the first two kinds undergo this metamorphosisat once, and without running all sorts of risks . The history ofthe developm
. 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. The ordinary idea is that the chrysalis condition is a saferefuge during the winter, when food cannot be obtained; butwhy should not the first two kinds undergo this metamorphosisat once, and without running all sorts of risks . The history ofthe development of the insects which undergo these perfectmetamorphoses certainly receives a light from these considera-tions, and it is evident that the popular idea is by no meansthe correct one. A bombyx, Avhich collects in great assemblages and haspeculiar habits, and often a miserable fate, is called the Proces-sional caterpillar. The moth is rather small, and its grey wings,which are very pale coloured in the female and crossed with. ?^5
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