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Segment VI: Arrangement the same; vii consisting of two, viii normal, at the 

 interior base of the proleg. 



Segment VII: Arrangement the same; vii and viii the same. 



Segment VIII: Arrangement the same; i and ii equal; vii and viii the same. 



Segment IX: Arrangement the same; i and ii equal, smaller; vii and viii the same. 



Segment X. Arrangement the same; i smaller than ii; iv farther back and below 

 the spiracle; vii consisting of but a single tubercle, forming with viii a transverse 

 row on the venter. 



Segment XI: Arrangement the same; i and ii equal, larger, forming a square when 

 seen from above; vii and viii as in segment X. 



Segment XII: Arrangement the same; i and ii forming an inverted trapezoid, iii 

 nearer to ii, iv opposite v of preceding segment; v and vi absent, viii apparently 

 c :)nsisting of two contiguous tubercles. 



Segment XIII : Eight minute tubercles in two transverse rows of four each on the 

 anal shield, the posterior row following the outline of the margin; vii minute in a 

 triangular group outside of the anal proleg; viii single, at inner base of proleg. 



Stage II. 



Millimeters. 



Average length after ecdysis 3. 85 



Average length before ecdysis.. 6.50 



Average width of head cast 49 



Body stout, tapering slightly before and behind, head smaller than the following 

 segments. Head shining, black or paler with mottled markings, bearing scattered 

 setae. Ocellar spots brownish red. Cervical shield shining black or paler, trapezoidal 

 when seen from in front, bearing eight setae. Anal shield dark, paler at base and 

 tip. Legs shining black, paler at the joints. 



Body marked as follows: Ground color pale greenish, with comparatively broad 

 median and dorso-lateral lines of orange or brown, which are interrupted at the inci- 

 sions and are less distinct on the thorax. The dorso-laterals branched at the middle 

 of each segment, giving out dorsal and ventral arms. The former forms another 

 interior parallel line and the latter embraces tubercles iii and iv. On the sides of 

 the body irregular paired lines of orange or brown define incompletely a faint creamy 

 stigmatal stripe. Body beneath pale greenish with a median row of orange spots 

 which fade out behind. Anal prolegs marked at the base behind with a looped 

 dusky line. Spiracles larger, black, and resembling the tubercles. 



Tubercles shining black or dusky, their aetse black. Arranged as follows: 



Segment I: Eight on cervical shield, as in i; two contiguous ones above and in 

 front of the spiracle in an oblong kidney-shaped area; two other contiguous ones in 

 front and below the spiracle; one in the center of their large black area and the other 

 at the edge; also two contiguous tubercles at the base of the leg. 



Segment II: Twelve tubercles in a transverse row across the segment, the lower 

 (vi) inconspicuous, its area absent; i and iv equal, one-half as large as iii and v; ii 

 slightly smaller than iii; vii situated behind iv and v, forming with them a triangle; 

 the tubercle above the base of the leg single, equal to iii. 



Segment HI: Arrangement the same; ii, iii, and iv equal; posterior tubercle a little 

 smaller. 



Segment IV: i, ii, and iii equal, iv and v equal and smaller, all in circular areas; 

 i and ii forming a trapezoid when seen from above; iii above the spiracle, iv behind 

 the spiracle, and v below; vi present, in a line with the thoracic leg tubercles; vii 

 and viii in a transverse row of three on the venter, the outer of vii minute or absent 

 and the inner much larger. 



