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length of the short ones ; that of joint 6 very small, but 7 to 

 10, 13 and the lateral horns about alike, short, conic or taper- 

 ing, as long as the basal width, all densely spined. Body 

 yellow, a narrow blackish dorsal line on joints 6 to 1 1 or 6 to 

 9, crossed by five faint blackish bars in the dorsal incisures ; a 

 •rather distinct black blotch in the lateral space enclosing the 

 depressed space (4) in its upper portion, situated in the in- 

 cisure of joints 7-8 ; it is furcate on the lower side. Skin 

 finely shagreened, lumpy, the reticulations taking the light 

 distinctly as fine, low, almost flat granules. A large black 

 patch on the cervical shield, ordinarily hidden under joint 3 

 when the hood is retracted. Later the dorsal markings wholly 

 or partly disappear, but the lateral spot remains. Length 2.2 

 to 3. 1 mm. 



Stage IV. — Distinctly flattened and elliptical. Dorsal space 

 broad, narrowing only at the ends ; lateral space more ellipti- 

 cal, subventral very .small. Ridges scarcely prominent, but 

 the horns distinct, the subdorsal row leaning out a little and 

 that of joint 5 sometimes backward. Subdorsals of joints 3, 

 4, and 5 successively longer, 5 twice as long as 3 ; 6 to 10, 

 especially 6 and 10 very small ; 11 and 13 successively smaller, 

 matching the anterior horns. Lateral row all small, a little 

 longer posteriorly, 3 and 4 even smaller than the rest. Horns 

 all thick, rather blunt, densely spined, even the little ones, the 

 .spines long, sharp, with black tips. Color greenish yellow, a 

 broken, blackish green, narrow donsal line, cut by broken trans- 

 verse black bars which form large blotches around depressed 

 spaces (i) ; (2) repre.sented by tiny black dots, somewhat dif- 

 fuse and .scatteringly punctate on joints 3 and 4. On the sides 

 a faint greenish line in the middle of the lateral area, a large 

 black patch alxjut depressed .space (4) of joints 7-8 and .smaller 

 one.s on joints 4-5 and lo-i i . That of 7-8 is quadrate, extend- 

 ing forward on joint 7 and all are comjxjsed of very black pig- 

 ment. Spaces (4), C5 ) and (6) very minutely marked by l)lack 

 dots. There is a trace of a pinkish color in the large subdorsal 

 horns. Skin very finely granular, but the peculiar shagreen 

 wrinkles Clike Sisyrosea textula, only less marked) ])ersist 

 around the bases of the horns. The granules are distinct in 

 the exposed parts of the surface. Cervical .shield large, black. 



