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EXPLANATION OF PLATES 
Plate 15 
Fig. 1. Larva of Eciton hamatum (Fabr.), ventral view, hairs 
omitted, X 11. Fig. 2. Ventral view of thorax of same showing rela- 
tion of vestigial legs to the underlying imaginal buds, X 42. Fig. 3. 
Parasagittal optical section of same to show relation of vestigial leg to 
imaginal bud, X 135. Fig. 4. Male larva of Eciton ( Acamatus ) 
schmitti Emery, ventral view of thorax, hairs omitted, X 11. Fig. 5. 
Larva of Eciton vagans (Olivier), parasagittal section through 
imaginal bud and vestigial leg, X 95. T v T 2 , T 3 , thoracic segments; 
L-p L 2 , L 3 , vestigial legs; C, cuticula; H, hypodermis; W v W 2 , wing 
rudiments; Gp G 2 , G 3 , vestigial gonopods. 
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Fig. 6. Larva of Vespula (F.) arenaria, parasagittal section 
through imaginal bud of gonopod, showing sensilla (S), X 138. Fig. 7. 
Parasagittal section through thorax of same, showing imaginal buds 
of legs and vestigial legs, X 34. Fig. 8. Larva of Polistes pallipes 
LePeletier, ventral view, X 6. Fig. 9. Enlargement of mesothoracic 
portion of Fig. 7, showing nerve (?) to vestigial leg, X 138. Fig. 10. 
Larva of Pseudomyrma gracilis (Fabr.), ventral view of posterior 
end, X 34; A 7 , A g , A 9 , seventh, eighth, and ninth abdominal segments. 
Fig. 11. Larva of Dilobocondyla sp., ventral view of anterior end, X 27. 
