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Spots are broadest on the mesonotum and metanotum, and smallJ 

 and diverging on the abdominal segments. Brown (loc. cit.) observfl 

 that the details of the pattern differed among various individuals aij 



Figure 5. — Right dorsal plates and lateral tubercles of sisyrid larvae: Sisyra vici 

 (Walker), A, D, G, J, M, P, S, V; Climacia calif ornica Chandler, B, E, H, K, N, Q, T, 

 C. areolaris (Hagen), C, F, I, L, O, R, U, X. A-C, dorsal pronotal plates showing set 

 D-F, dorsal mesonotal plates; G-I, dorsal metanotal plates; J-L, dorsal plates of sec 

 abdominal segments; M-0, dorsal plates of sixth abdominal segments; P-R, lateral mesoni 

 tubercles; S-U, lateral tubercles of sixth abdominal segments; V-X, dorsal tubercles of ei| 

 abdominal segments. 



that the gut contents often give the midtboracic area a reddish] 

 orange appearance. 



In addition to the presence of 5-segmented labial palpi, an &\ 

 podium, and two tarsal claws, the larvae of the Osmylidae can 



