On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects
by John Lubbock
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- ORIGIN AND METAMORPHOSES
- ON THE
- ORIGIN AND METAMORPHOSES OF INSECTS
- SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D.
- WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
- London MACMILLAN AND CO.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
- PLATE I. p. 7.
- PLATE II. p. 8.
- PLATE III. p. 14.
- PLATE IV. p. 15.
- PLATE V. p. 99.
- PLATE VI. p. 105.
- DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES.
- ON THE
- ORIGIN AND METAMORPHOSES OF INSECTS.
- CHAPTER I. THE CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS.
- ORDERS OF INSECTS ACCORDING TO WESTWOOD.
- CHAPTER II. THE INFLUENCE OF EXTERNAL CONDITIONS ON THE FORM AND STRUCTURE OF LARVÆ.
- CHAPTER III. ON THE NATURE OF METAMORPHOSES.
- CHAPTER IV. ON THE ORIGIN OF METAMORPHOSES.
- CHAPTER V. ON THE ORIGIN OF INSECTS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE END.
- NATURE SERIES.
- MACMILLAN AND CO., LONDON.
- NATURE:
- A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science.
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