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line on the edge is apple green. Hie abdomen has the same pat- 

 tern as in the younger ones, only outlined by a darker reel. Around 

 the first two portions of the pattern is a white space. This white 

 spaee is found in the adult, only separated into two areas. The 

 upper portion of the abdomen has a ground color ot orange yel- 

 low with darker orange edge, while the lower portion has a great 

 deal more yellow in it. Idle legs have the same coloring as in the 

 last stage described, only areas ot gray coloring have appeared in 

 the lower margins oi the femur and the upper and lower margins 

 ot the tibia and the end of the tarsus. On the palpi we find the 

 gray on the upper and lower margins of all the joints except the 

 coxa. The spinnerets protrude below the abdomen and are cov- 

 ered with short black hairs. (Fig. I), Plate II.) 



The next stage seems almost a retrogression in the color develop- 

 ment except for the growth of the cephalothorax. (Fig. E, Plate 

 II.) The eye space has assumed a small position in the center 

 of the cephalic portion ot the cephalothorax. Flic color is brown. 

 ( )n either edge ot the upper margin ot this portion of the cephalo- 

 thorax are found two brown spots which are on the adult. The 

 median stripe down the center ot the cephalothorax is green with 

 dark brown splotches and the same shape as the others. The edges 

 hat! a light brown irregular stripe ami all traces of the red band was 

 gone. At the joining ot the green median stripe and the brown 

 stripe near the lower margin of the cephalothorax was a black spot 

 showing the beginning of the black spot in the same place in the 

 adult. The space around the eve space and on either side of the 

 median stripe was light yellow green. The abdomen hail lost nearly 

 all the folium except remains ot its outer edges. The upper portion 

 of the abdomen is light yellow, nearly white; the lower portion yel- 

 low green; the remains ot the pattern in the center of the abdomen. 

 The white space on either side of the folium remained and the 

 lower portion of the sides of the abdomen was a pinkish yellow. 

 The abdomen has become slightly constricted near the upper mar- 

 gin and has assumed a great deal of the shape of the abdomen of 

 the adult. The legs are a transparent color. The coxa has besides 

 the gray at the upper and lower margins, a band of green on the 

 upper margin. The trochanter was light gray, almost white, with 



