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English: Abdominal segments of Caterpillars, to show arrangement of tubercles; the arrows point anteriorly. A, Generalized condition; B, specialized condition in the Saturniidae. s, Spiracle; the numbering of the tubercles is explained in the text. Note that in B No. 2 is much reduced and disappears after the first moult. 4 and 5 are coalesced, and 6 is absent.
Date published 1911
Source “Lepidoptera,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 16, 1911, p. 467, Fig. 10.
Author A, George Herbert Carpenter; B, after Grote, Mitt. aus dem Roemer Museum, No. 6.
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