. British insects : a familiar description of the form, structure, habits, and transformations of insects. Larva of Larva of Water-beetle (Dyticus). * From the Latin word larva—mask,t From pupa, a child—referring to the swathing-bands of infants. THE CHANGES OF INSECTS. 67 the larva closely resembles the perfect insect, except inbeing without wings. Besides these varieties, the larveeof some terrestrial insects are aquatic in their habits, as inthe case of the common gnat, the dragonfly, &c. The variety of character observable in the pupa is of themore importance, from a scientific point
. British insects : a familiar description of the form, structure, habits, and transformations of insects. Larva of Larva of Water-beetle (Dyticus). * From the Latin word larva—mask,t From pupa, a child—referring to the swathing-bands of infants. THE CHANGES OF INSECTS. 67 the larva closely resembles the perfect insect, except inbeing without wings. Besides these varieties, the larveeof some terrestrial insects are aquatic in their habits, as inthe case of the common gnat, the dragonfly, &c. The variety of character observable in the pupa is of themore importance, from a scientific point of view, as it coin-cides (though not without exceptions) with the principaldivisions of the insect tribes, and has, indeed, by some ofthe best writers, been used to mark those all the beetles (Coleoptera), and all the insects ofthe bee, wasp, and ant tribes (Hymenoptera) (figs. 27, 28), Fig. 27. Fig. 28. Fig. 29. Fig. 30.
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