A Text-book of Entomology Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and Metamorphoses of Insects for Use in Agricultural and Technical Schools and Colleges as Well as by the Working Entomologist

PART III. THE METAMORPHOSES OF INSECTS

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_a._ The nymph as distinguished from the larval stage 593

_b._ Stages or stadia of metamorphosis 594

_c._ Ametabolous and metabolous stages 594

THE LARVA 599

_a._ The Campodea-form type of larva 600

_b._ The eruciform type of larva 602

_c._ Growth and increase in size of the larva 608

_d._ The process of moulting 609

The number of moults in insects of different orders 615 Reproduction of lost limbs 619 Formation of the cocoon 619 Sanitary conditions observed by the honey-bee larva, and admission of air within the cocoon 623

THE PUPA STATE 625

_a._ The pupa considered in reference to its adaptation to its surroundings and its relation to phylogeny 631

_b._ Mode of escape of the pupa from its cocoon 632

_c._ The cremaster 636

Mode of formation of the cremaster and suspension of the chrysalis in butterflies 637

FORMATION OF THE PUPA AND IMAGO IN THE HOLOMETABOLOUS INSECTS (THE DIPTERA EXCEPTED) 640

_a._ The Lepidoptera 642

The changes in the head and mouth-parts 646 The change in the internal organs 647 The wings 654 Development of the feet and of the cephalic appendages 654 Embryonic cells and the phagocytes 655 Formation of the femur and of the tibia; transformation of the tarsus 656 The antennæ 657 Maxillæ and labial palpi 658 Process of pupation 660

_b._ The Hymenoptera 661

Ocular or oculo-cephalic buds 665 The antennal buds 665 The buds of the buccal appendages 665 The buds of the ovipositor 665

DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMAGO IN THE DIPTERA 666

_a._ Development of the outer body-form 668

Formation of the imago in Corethra 668 Formation of the imago in Culex 670 Formation of the imago in Chironomus 671 Formation of the imago in Muscidæ 673

_b._ Development of the internal organs of the imago 678

The hypodermis 678 The muscles 680 The digestive canal 681 The tracheal system 683 The nervous system 684 The fat-body 685 Definitive fate of the leucocytes 685 The post-embryonic changes and imaginal buds in the Pupipara (Melophagus) 686

_c._ General summary 687

HYPERMETAMORPHISM 688

SUMMARY OF THE FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE CAUSES OF METAMORPHISM 705

Theoretical conclusions; causes of metamorphosis 708

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