Figs. 1-12 represent larvæ of _Macroglossa Stellatarum_, all bred from
one batch of eggs. Most of the figures are enlarged, but sometimes to a
very small extent only; the lines show the natural length.
Fig. 1. Stage I.; a caterpillar immediately after hatching. Natural
length, 0.2 centim.
Fig. 2. Stage II.; shortly after the first moult. Natural length, 0.7
centim.
Figs. 3-12. Stage V.; the chief colour-varieties.
Fig. 3. The only lilac-coloured specimen in the whole brood. Natural
length, 3.8 centim.
Fig. 4. Light-green form (rare) with subdorsal shading off beneath.
Fig. 5. Green form (rare) with strongly-pronounced dark markings
(dorsal and subdorsal lines). Natural length, 4.9 centim.
Fig. 6. Dark-brown form (common). Natural length, 4 centim. In this
figure the fine shagreening of the skin is indicated by white dots;
in the other figures these are partially or entirely omitted, being
represented only in Figs. 8 and 10.
Fig. 7. Light-green form (common). Natural length, 4 centim.
Fig. 8. Light-brown form (common). Natural length, 3.5 centim.
[Illustration:
Plate III.
Aug. Weismann pinx. Lith. J.A. Hofmann, Würzburg.
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[Illustration:
Plate IV.
Aug. Weismann pinx. Lith. J.A. Hofmann, Würzburg.
]
[Illustration:
Plate V.
Aug. Weismann pinx. Lith. J.A. Hofmann, Würzburg.
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[Illustration:
Plate VI.
Aug. Weismann pinx. Lith. J.A. Hofmann, Würzburg.
]
Fig. 9. Parti-coloured specimen, the only one out of the whole brood.
Natural length, 5.5 centim.
Fig. 10. Grey-brown form (rare).
Fig. 11. One of the forms intermediate between the dark-brown and green
varieties, dorsal aspect.
Fig. 12. Light-green form with very feeble dorsal line (shown too
strongly in the figure), dorsal aspect.