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have no gills, though they appear well developed in the pupal stage. 

 (Klapalek.) 



The only lepidopterous larva known to be provided with tracheal 



A gills is that of the pyralid genus 



Paraponyx. Its thread - like 

 gills, arranged in tufts of three 



trt B 



vi " w 



Ibr 



FIG 447 A, an abdominal segment of Hydropsyche, with the tracheal frills (Ibr): Irl, longi- 

 tudinal tracheal trunk ; /, stigmatal branch. B, 5th abdominal segment of pupa of the same ; 

 I, the three lateral flaps of the tergite ; br 1 , br*, branchiae. 



or four, arise from a common tubercle situated on the sides of nearly 

 all the segments. Wood-Mason describes the East Indian P. oryzalis 

 as " covered with a perfect forest of 

 soft and delicate white filaments," 

 arranged in tufts disposed in four 

 longitudinal rows. " The stigmata 

 of the 2d, 3d, and 4th abdominal 

 somites only are clearly discernible." 

 The caterpillar crawls " free and un- 

 covered" over the submerged leaves 



VI 



a. 



Fio. 448. Imago, abdominal segments iv to vi, FIG. 449. Larva and pupa of Fttra- 



with the gills at <i cnncraled in their natural condition ; ponyx xtriitiii/utit, enlarged ; *. spiracle. 



at ft, drawn out with the needle ; at </, projecting abnor- After I)e (leer (compare Hart's figure of 



mally and dried. This and Fig. 447 after Pahnni. P. obacuralis, living in the Illinois River). 



