Abstract
The few innermost laminae of the fully formed larval endocuticle of Schistocerca gregaria show remarkable resistance to the action of the moulting fluid as well as to concentrated mineral acids. These laminae become subsequently isolated during moulting through the dissolution by the moulting fluid of the less resistant outer laminae of the endocuticle. They give rise to a discrete ecdysial membrane which persists throughout the premoult period and is ultimately cast with the inner lining of the larval exuvium. In Schistocerca an ecdysial membrane is formed at the larval adult moult as well as at all the preceding larval moults.
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