303 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NYMPH. 



the small epihlastic cells of the disc itself take its place and 

 form the body-wall of the nymph. 



Although neither Kowalevski [145] nor Van Rees [147] recog- 

 nised the differences between the larval hypodermis and the para- 

 derm which they regard as the larval hypoderm in the pupa stage, 

 Viallanes [27] says : ' The hypodermic cells have become thicker 

 than they were in the larva ; their contours are effaced, so that 

 it is not possible to limit the extent of adjacent cells. The 

 protoplasm is not only more abundant, but it has acquired a 

 property not exhibited in the larva— it stains readily with 

 carmine and hasmatoxylin. The nuclei are, moreover, pro- 

 foundly altered.' Though there are inaccuracies in his de- 

 scription, I quote it to show that the changed appearance of 

 the cells has been observed. These new cells are certainly not 



Description ok Platk XVIII. 



The Histolysis and Regeneration of the Alimentary Canal, and the SlriicHin; of the 

 Imaginal Discs. 



Fig. I.— a transverse section through the chyle stomach of a pupa four days old ; 

 rf «, degener.uing larval epithelium; e e, embryonic epithelium developed from 

 the scattered histoblasts of Kowalevski ; // elongated fusiform cells ; //, para- 

 blastic layer consisting chiefly of amoeboid cells ; p>i, phagocytes feeding on the 

 larval epithelium. 



Fk;. 2.— a transverse section of the ruilimentary mesenteron of the nymph, from a 

 pupa five days old : <i e, degenerating larval epithelium ; ee, embiyonic epithelium 

 of the chyle stomach : //, fat body ; /, intestine of the larva forming the so-called 

 corpus luteuni ; //, parablast fciiniing the provisional wall of the new mesen- 

 teron. 



Fk;. 3. — Leucocytes from the pupa on the fourth day. 



Fu;. 4.— Ilypodetmis of the larva, from a pupa a few hours old, in an advanced stage 

 of degeneration. 



Flu. 5.— One of the imaginal discs of the abdomen from a pupa four days old : 

 at, larval cuticle ; i/, the disc ; />/, the paraderm by which the larval hypodermis 

 is completely replaced. 



Fig. 6. — Large granule cells from a pupa five days old. 



Fig. 7.— The edge of one of the wing discs from a pupa four days old, showing its 

 relation to the cells of the paraderm and the amoeboid celh:, phagocytes, by which 

 the latter is removed. 



Fic;. S.~ The paraderm from one of the intersegmental abdominal folds : /, superficial 

 cells; /', palisade-liUe cells; <tt, inner cuticul.ir layer (basement membrane); 

 /, leucocytes. 



Fig. 9.— a mesothoracic leg disc from a pupa about thirty hours old: <•, epiblast; 

 w, mesoblast ; s, provisional capsule. 



Fli; 10.— The edge of the wing disc from a pupa about thirty hours old ; ,■/>, epiblast ; 

 m, mesoblast ; />, parablnstic reticulum ; v, provisional capsule. 



