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length of the short ones ; that of joint 6 very small, but 7 to 

 10, 13 and the lateral horns about alike, short, conic or taper- 

 ing, as long as the basal width, all densely spined. Bod}- 

 yellow, a narrow blackish dorsal line on joints 6 to 1 1 or 6 to 

 9, crossed by five faint blackish bars in the dorsal incisures ; a 

 rather distinct black blotch in the lateral space enclosing the 

 depressed space (4) in its upper portion, situated in the in- 

 cisure of joints 7-8 ; it is furcate on the lower side. Skin 

 finely shagreened, lumpy, the reticulations taking the light 

 distinctly as fine, low, almost flat granules. A large black 

 patch on the cervical shield, ordinarily hidden under joint 3 

 when the hood is retracted . Later the dorsal markings wholly 

 or partly disappear, but the lateral spot remains. Length 2.2 

 to 3. i mm. 



Stage IV. Distinctly flattened and elliptical. Dorsal space 

 broad, narrowing only at the ends ; lateral space more ellipti- 

 cal, subventral very small. Ridges scarcely prominent, but 

 the horns distinct, the subdorsal row leaning out a little and 

 that of joint 5 sometimes backward. Subdorsals of joints 3, 

 4, and 5 successively longer, 5 twice as long as 3 ; 6 to 10, 

 especially 6 and 10 very small ; n and 13 successively smaller, 

 matching the anterior horns. L/ateral row all small, a little 

 longer posteriorly, 3 and 4 even smaller than the rest. Horns 

 all thick, rather blunt, densely spined, even the little ones, the 

 spines long, sharp, with black tips. Color greenish yellow, a 

 broken, blackish green, narrow dorsal line, cut by broken trans- 

 verse black bars which form large blotches around depressed 

 spaces (i) ; (2) represented by tiny black dots, somewhat dif- 

 fuse and scatteringly punctate on joints 3 and 4. On the sides 

 a faint greenish line in the middle of the lateral area, a large 

 black patch about depressed space (4 ) of joints 7-8 and smaller 

 ones on joints 4-5 and 10-1 1 . That of 7-8 is quadrate, extend- 

 ing forward on joint 7 and all are composed of very black pig- 

 ment. Spaces (4), (5) and (6) very minutely marked by black 

 dots. There is a trace of a pinkish color in the large subdorsal 

 horns. Skin very finely granular, but the peculiar shagreen 

 wrinkles (like Sisyrosea textula, only less marked) persist 

 around the bases of the horns. The granules are distinct in 

 the exposed parts of the surface. Cervical shield large, black. 



