LECTURE IX. 85 



its imperfect state has been called by Linnaeus by 

 the name of Larva, being as it were the mask or 

 disguise of the animal in its future form. It is 

 much to be wished that the word, with proper va- 

 riation, might be received into our own language, 

 under the name of Larve, by which means we 

 should avoid the inconvenient term of Caterpillar, 

 which is apt to convey the idea of one particular 

 tribe of insects only. The Larve then differs very 

 much in its appearance, according to the different 

 tribe to which it belongs. In the Moth and But- 

 terfly tribe, as before observed, it is emphatically 

 called by the name of Caterpillar, and is univer- 

 sally known. In the Beetle tribe it is of a thick 

 heavy form, with the body of a rounded and 

 bulging appearance at the hind-part. In the Lo- 

 cust or Grasshopper tribe, and some others of the 

 same order, it does not much differ from the com- 

 plete insect, except in not being furnished with 

 wings. In the Fly and Bee tribe and some others 

 it is popularly known by the name of Maggot, 

 and is of an oval-oblong form, without any feet. 

 In the Dragon-Flies, and in the Water-Beetles, and 

 some other insects, it is often of a very singular 

 form, and differs more from the complete insect 



