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nerets arc dark green, covered with black hairs. The abdomen 

 has black hairs. The legs have a light yellow ground color. The 

 coxa has two red lines near the upper margin oi the joint and two 

 black spots below the lowest line. The trochanter is covered with 

 various sized black spots. There are two irregular red bands o]^ 

 the upper margin, while there are scattered over the surface oi the 

 joint from three to tour irregular red dashes. The femur is orange 

 yellow with ,\n irregular red band both at the upper and lower 

 margin ol the joint, the surface ot the joint having only two black 

 spots and those placed at the base ot the spines. The tibia is 

 yellow gray with dark gray spots and an irregular red band both 

 at the upper and lower margins ot the joint. The metatarsus is 

 also yellow gray with dark gra} spots and an irregular orange and 

 red band on the lower margin ot the joint. The tarsus is dark 

 yellow gray. The joints oi the legs with the exception ot' the coxa, 

 trochanter and lemur are covered with tine black hairs. The palpi 

 have the same coloring .is the legs, but lack the black spots, which 

 arc on all the trochanters. The spines o]\ the legs are very black 

 and long. 



The newrj emerged Peucetia viridans are pale orange. Plate 

 11 B. Some ot the young emerged and shed a coat after three 

 days, while others emerged with the new coat on. Those which 

 emerged and shed their coats in three days were orange yellow 

 when they first appeared. After three days they acquired a more 

 orange color. The eve space was dark brown, the cephalothorax 

 a light yellow green ground color, the sides red shading into green 

 and a dark brown spot on the upper half oi the median surface 

 and a dark brown median line which extended from the eye space 

 to the ending oi this dark brown median area. This dark line is 

 the same as in the adult and is lost in the next moult and does not 

 appear until the adult stage again. The abdomen is orange, shad- 

 ing to orange red on the sides and to light yellow on the upper sur- 

 face. There is a beginning of a light red folium oi complicated 

 inner pattern, looking like the construction oi a Chinese pagoda. On 

 each section ot the pattern there were four little light colored pits, 

 but the upper one had five. The palpi were dark gray, the coxae 

 ot the legs were dark gray, the rest oi the joints oi the legs were 



