III.] 



METAMORPHOSES OF INSECTS. 



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in length, something like a barrel, surrounded by 

 four bands or hoops of long vibratile hairs or cilise. 

 There is also a tuft of still longer hairs at the 

 narrower posterior end of the body. Gradually a 

 number of minute calcareous spines and plates make 



41 



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FIG. 41. Comatula rosacea (after Forbes). 



their appearance (Fig. 43) in the body of this larva, 

 and at length arrange themselves in a definite order, 

 so as to form a bent calcareous club or rod with an 

 enlarged head. 



As this process continues, the little creature gradu- 



