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8. From the agrt»oinent of the pupal p«itteru with inHtar / and 

 the difference with the lattt larval inntar, the hypothesis has been 

 developeil, that the pupa and the first caterpillar instar are both 

 primitive states. 



9. The other larval instars arc to be considered as secondary 

 adaptations. 



10. The pupa is to be considered as a subimaginal stage which 

 secondarily has become immovable. 



11. The various caterpillar families have for the greater part 

 developed themselves independently of or parallel to each oth(>r. 



12. A general larval pattern for the Holometabola is ns yet 

 not to Im» established with certainty. 



