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The color is not intense except at the overlapping joints and where 

 one appendage lies above another. Living specimens have a whitish 

 color, the third segment being deeply mottled and standing out 

 plainly in contrast with the rest of the body. The dorsal half of this 

 segment is light green and yellow, the former in irregular spots, the 

 latter in uneven blotches, denser in some places than in others. The 

 lower half of the segment has blue in place of green, similarly 

 distributed over yellow. The posterior margin of the segment has an 



Figure 97. — Anomalocera patersonii: a, Female, dorsal; b, male, 

 dorsal ; c, male, right first antenna ; d, male, fifth legs ; e, female, 

 fifth legs (usually with a 2-segmented exopod). (From W. M. 

 Wheeler) 



irregular border of dense indigo, and there was a similar border on 

 the second segment. The two colors, blue and green, are almost 

 always present in varying proportions and silver and black mark the 

 back to a greater or less extent. Sometimes two, sometimes three or 

 more, of the segments are pure silvery on the dorsal surface, With a 

 good-sized black spot in the center of the silver. Or the silver may 

 be marked with irregular black lines or divided by a streak of green. 

 Sometimes there are two rows of numerous black spots extending 

 along either side of the dorsal surface, with or without the silver. 

 The eye spots are a deep black. (Kathbun.) 



