[35] "Recherches," &c., pp. 205, 206.
[36] Tome i., p. 164; Plate III., Figs. 1, 2.
[37] Tome i., p. 49, Plate I., Fig. 6.
[38] It has been remarked that only those whose continuance in the pupal state is short, undergo their metamorphosis in this apparently inconvenient position.—Ed.
[39] Mem. 12, vol. i., p. 487.
[40] The word is derived from [Greek: chrysos], golden; for that reason pupa is a better word than chrysalis, as this only strictly applies to a very small number; for the same reason aurelia is a bad word.—Ed.
[41] Tome i., p. 382, planche 26, Fig. 6.
[42] Tome i., p. 382, planche 26, Fig. 7.
[43] They hardly seem from later experiments to be so fully explained. It is a well-known fact that many insects remain in this state a variable time—the Small Eggar (Bombyx lanestris) sometimes as many as seven years.—Ed.
[44] Tome i., p. 654, planche 46, Fig. 1.