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SMITT, ON THE GENUS LYCODES, 



or 



Where it is evident, tliat the forms gracilis and frigidus in 

 this respect rather represent the feinale characters, slipping 

 away from their usual position as representatives of the 

 jiivenile stages. 



Another result of greater interest is given by the com- 

 parison of the length of the trnnk with that of the tail, as 

 seen from the following statements: 



or 



and 



or 



