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developed egg has a more or less worm-like shape ; it 

 may be headless and legless (maggot), or have a 

 head, but no legs (grub), or be provided with hep.d, 



Fig. 218. A, Larva; B, Chrysalis; c, Imago of Papilio maehaon. 



legs, and fore-legs (caterpillar). The larva grows, 

 and moults its skin as it grows ; after a time it ceases 

 from this active mode of life, and passes into a more 

 quiescent condition, as in the case of the butterfly, or, 



