CHAPTER VI. 



THE PUPA OB CHRYSALIS — PREPARATION TO ENTER 

 INTO THE PUPA STATE — ITS CHARACTER, ETC. 



A HE perfect chrysalis was called a 

 j> ]■/ "pupa" by Linnscus from the Latin 

 m|\ jp«p«» an infant, because he considered 

 it like a young infant "swathed" after 

 the continental manner, and destined to 

 L {J} cast off its swathing at a proper age. They 

 "Qf were called "chrysalides," or golden-hued 

 4 things, from the peculiar metallic and golden 

 gloss which some exhibit, as described in another 

 place. 



When the Caterpillar, or any kind of larva, feels 

 itself about to enter into the pupa state, the signs 

 of the approaching change being always correctly 

 interpreted by an unerring instinct, it generally 

 seeks some situation in which it is likely to remain 

 secure during the period of its dormant and defence- 

 less state. Many of the larva of the Beetle tribe, 

 and those of Hymenoptera, allied to the Bee family, 



