Note 10 — Chapter I · THE CETONIÆ
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
The egg is an ivory globule, departing only slightly from the spherical form and measuring nearly three millimetres10 in diameter. The hatching takes place twelve days later. The grub is white, bristling with short, sparse hairs. When laid bare and removed from its leaf-mould, it crawls upon its back, that is to say, it possesses the curious method of locomotion characteristic of its race. With its earliest wriggles it proclaims the art of walking on its back, with its legs in the air.