56 ctASSIFiCATION AND NOMENCLATURE. 



and Bipiera if it is without any definite head. There are, however, 



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Fig. 83. 

 Diplera; Larva on left. Pupa in middle 



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Fig. 84 

 Slug Moth, a, h. Caterpillar s c, Cocoon; 

 d, Male J c, Female 



, Imago on right. 



no means of classify- 

 ing^ larvae accurately 

 except by rearing them. 

 The same is true of pupse. ; 

 but if the pupa is sus- 

 pended from a plant, it 

 is probably that of a 

 butterfly; if it lies in a 

 silky cocoon or in twisted- 

 up leaves, it is probably 

 that of a moth. Should 

 it be in the ground with- 

 out a cocoon, it may 

 emerge as a beetle or a 

 moth. If there be many 

 in a nest together, they 

 belong to Hj/menoptera. 

 The figures of different 

 larvae and pupse will help 

 in classifying them. 



The following English 

 terms are generally used 

 for the larvae of different 

 groups : — 



A hop])er is the young 

 (nymph) of a locust or 

 grasshopper. 



