QBOWTE AM> METAMORPHOSIS OF IN8E0T& 



pl.i in the centre of a ball of dung, which it 



away in a secure place; the flesh-fly ovipos fresh or 



a b c ■'. f 'J h ' k l 



8 B (f 1 6 



m n o p q r s 



fferent insects, a.Tortrix; b, Liparip; c,anoctuid,Tra 



(/.usual Boa) i' those of bark-borer, etc. ; e, Melolontha; /, Chironomi 



Lyda; h, Musca; r,honey-l ; fc, RhodiU I Chrysopa; phila; 



n, Pentatoma; ■ ■. Kepa; p, Pieriscratasgi; 9, bed-bug; r.U tened to a 



hair: 8, Hypoderma actsson, bot-fly. From Judeich and > 



putrid meat, and moths and butterflies lay their i 



the leaves or Btems of the food-plant, where the caterpillar, 



upon [\ from the . -hall readily find an ample 



;.|>i\ of Eood. 



\., collectioD of insects Is complete without epecin 

 the eggs neatly gummed on a card and pinned next to the 

 insect. 



Growth of the Insect within the Egg. The germ or 



am 



■ v to 



Section of Sphinx 

 embryo, the germ im- 

 mersed in the yolk s, 

 serous membrane; am, 

 amnion; h, outer, m. in- 

 ner, germ laj er. 



Fig. 88. — Embryo of Sphinx mm 

 It. heart; </. ganglion; 1, - rudimen- 



tary muscular bands the heart;*, 



Btigma and beginning i. a 



Did.— This and Figs ' K 



young inset before hatching is called the . and the 



study of the growth or development of the en - ailed 



Embryology. 



