SPAWNING OF BOMBINATOB PACHYPU8. 515 



well-developed, and transverse lines across femur and tibia. In 

 sixty-nine days the metamorphosis was completed. 



This development took place in the garden without any 

 covering or artificial warmth, the tadpoles feeding most vora- 

 ciously on raw meat. 



The first two broods will metamorphose this year, but at the 

 time I write there are many whose development has practically 

 ceased, and will probably not be resumed until the return 

 of spring. 



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