474 ADDITIONAL NOTES ON PERIPATUS LEUCKARTI, 



and the extreruities, especially the tail. Antennae showing red on 

 some of the basal rings, and on an occasional distal one. The 

 longitudinal rows of papillae very distinct, not only the ground 

 colour surrounding their bases but the papillae themselves in most 

 cases now distinctly red ; much red about caudal end ; on the 

 alternate ridges with small papillae many of the latter also are red, 

 and in the ground colour red has also increased in amount to such 

 an extent that for a considerable distance on a given ridge the 

 entire surface (both papillae and ground colour), may be entirely 

 red, such a red patch at length alternating with a blue patch (both 

 papillae and ground colour blue) ; red predominates on either side of 

 the mid-dorsal line for some distance, then blue between this and 

 the series of lozenge-shaped patches, but alternate light and dark 

 bands are not otherwise indicated ; the lozenge-shaped patches are 

 now very distinct, usually the whole patch (not merely the out- 

 line), papillai as well as ground colour, red. The legs show an 

 arrangement of alternating rows of blue papillae and orange papillae, 

 the same tints alternating in the ground colour. On the ventral 

 surface there is a considerable increase in the amount of orange, 

 the ventral surface generally in consequence appearing paler than 

 in the preceding groups, many of the primary papillae together 

 with the immediately surrounding area orange, the ground colour 

 largely blue more particularly on either side of a rather broad 

 median paler band in which orange predominates (and in which 

 are included the pale areas to be mentioned subsequently). 



Fifteen specimens. 



(d) Antennae almost entirely blue ; red papillae on a few of the 

 basal rings, a few specks of red elsewhere, and some red between 

 some of the antennal rings. A well-defined median dorsal longi- 

 tudinal linear dark blue stripe, bordered on either side by a rather 

 broad longitudinal red band ; each of these bordered externally by 

 a similar dark blue longitudinal band of nearly equal width ; 

 beyond each of these another longitudinal red band like the first, 

 its outer margin reaching the bases of the legs ; the bands are 

 broadest in the middle region of the body, and taper a little 



