ROMANCE OF THE INSECT WORLD 



NOTE. An asterisk indicates that the luord so marked is 

 mentioned in the Glossary. 



CHAPTER I 



METAMORPHOSES OF INSECTS 



Character of life-history of insects Metamorphoses of the 

 butterfly, beetles, &c. " Similarly-changing" insects The 

 two series Heteromorpha and Homomorpha True meta- 

 morphic stages considered in detail egg larva shelters 

 for approaching change Meaning of pupa and other terms 

 applied to stage Nature of condition in insects which 

 undergo complete metamorphoses Signs of returning life 

 Assumption of imago state Pseudo-imago Subsequent 

 career Old idea of metamorphoses Modern theory 

 Study of structures implicated External Modifications 

 of internal organs Explanation of metamorphoses 

 Apparent suddenness of changes Of the death-like period 

 of quiescence. 



IN these days of universal education, no doubt it 

 would prove a somewhat hard matter to discover any 

 number of persons who were altogether unacquainted 

 with the wondrous phases of insect existence. Many 

 would be found aware, few not, that during the period 



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