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joint 10 paler, especially outwardly. Tubercles and setae obscure, con- 

 colorous and pale. 



Stage II. — Head round, bilobed, erect, liattish over the moderate 

 clypeus; dark brown, a disjointed, submaculatc, white band over the 

 loljes to the el3^peus, a large spot in clypeus. epistoma diffusely whitish, 

 seta^ pale; width O.li mm. Body cylindrical, moderate, normal. Pos- 

 terior three-fifths of segments 5 to 9 banded in purplish brown, joined 

 by a subdorsal line, widened where it joins the band in the centers of 

 the segments. A tinely linear dorsal line; venter wholly brown, only 

 slightly streaked in whitish. Anterior two-fifths of segments white, 

 annulate and slightly lump}", cut into dorsal and lateral patches by the 

 distinct subdorsal line. Joints 2 to 1 with the white predominating; 

 dorsal and subdorsal lines uniform, subventral region brown, annulet 

 incisures sordid. Joints 10 to 13 mostly brown, the "dorsum luteous 

 diluted; subdorsal, lateral and stigmatal white bands, submaculate, a 

 little lumpy elevated. Feet brown, the abdominal ones white dotted. 

 Stage TIL — Head rounded, flattened before, slightly bilobed, erect; 

 dark brown, a white dotted edged band over the vertex of each lobe to 

 the clypeus which contains some white dots; base of antennae and mot- 

 tlings on sides below pale; width 0.9 mm. Bod}^ moderate, cylindrical, 

 normal. Segments finely irregularly annulate, not greatly elongate. 

 Dorsal band white, widened segmentarih", sordid shaded; subdorsal 

 dark brown, on joints 5 to 9 composed of intersegmental ellipses, nar- 

 rowh' joined and covering all of the lateral space, narrow on the 

 thorax, confused and pale on joints 10-13. Lateral space white on 

 the segments, narrowed to obsolescence in the incisures. Venter 

 broadly dark brown, finely obscurely lined in pale. Feet brown, the 

 abdominal ones whitish lined outwardly. Joint 2 dorsally dark brown 

 as also the tip of the anal flap. White marks slightly mottled and cut 

 by the annulet incisures, also slightly lumpy and folded on the sides. 

 Tubercles and setae obscure. 



Stage IV. — Head rounded, scarcely bilobed, erect; brown-black, 

 white dotted; a broad, short, pulverulently edged, white band on ver- 

 tex of each lobe, cut ofl' before into a dot; bases of antennse and epis- 

 toma white; width, 1.3 mm. Body as before, black-brown with dor- 

 sal and stigmatal, continuous, segraentarily widened, white bands, 

 nearly pure, cut by the fine annulets, containing black dots at tuber- 

 cles i and iii, respectively. Dorsal band broad on joints 2 to 4, double 

 on joint 2 with triplicate brown center, broadly blurred on joints 3 

 and 4, brown dotted; powdered and confused with dots on joints 10- 

 12; joint 13 white dotted. Lateral band uniform on joints 2 to 13, 

 the feet of 10 and 13 narrowly white lined without, otherwise dark. 

 Venter finely, faintly lined. Faint orange blotches behind the spiracles. 



Stage V. — Head squarish, rounded, thick, flattish before, vertex 

 slightly notched; black, tinely white dotted; abroad, rectangular band 



