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THE usual explanation of moulting, namely, that the chitinous integument, being elastic only to a limited extent, cannot keep pace with the increase in size of a growing insect and is therefore periodically shed, does not seem to have a very strong foundation. While experimenting upon the effect of starvation on insects, I have incidentally observed the following facts which strongly tell against such an explanation:
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PRUTHI, H. Moulting of Insects. Nature 116, 938 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116938b0
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