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from the bases of the antennge, following sutures, to meet at 
the middle line on the posterior part of the head; ventral side 
of head pale medially. No eyes. Antenme of three segments, 
white. Labrum dark brown. Mandibles dark brown, black at 
tips, with four or more blunt denticles. Maxillae pale, armed 
with numerous strong spines within. Labium pale. Cervical 
shield pale brown, with a narrow median longitudinal white 
line, broadly triangular in shape. Jointed legs pale, each with 
a dark brown chitinous supporting framework at base; each 
segment of legs provided with a number of strong hairs; a single 
brown tarsnl claw, beside which arises a white, elliptical, striated 
plate slightly longer than the claw. Dorsal shield of posterior 
body segment nearly circular in outline, brown, with numerous 
minute black specks, slightly rimmed at posterior margin, and 
in young examples obscurely bituberculate; furnished with 
several strong marginal hairs, and with four minute, striate, 
centrally placed, spatulate appendages. Spiracles round, the 
two anterior pairs sometimes with brown rims, the rest pale. 
Posterior segment with a single fleshy proleg. 
“ Length about .56 inch, diameter about .06 inch. Examples 
ready for pupation about .37 inch long.” 
Papa (Plate XIV., Fig. 2 and 3).—“Translucent white, with 
scattered brown hairs on dorsal side of body arranged as fol¬ 
lows: One within, and a pair posterior to, the base of each 
antenna; a transverse, arched row near the anterior edge, a 
pair near the middle, one at the middle of each side, and one 
at each side, near the posterior margin, of the prothorax; 
four each on the meso- and meta-thorax; three at the extremity 
of each femur; a pair at the middle and one at each side of 
each abdominal segment, except the posterior three; antepenul¬ 
timate and penultimate segments of abdomen each with six, the 
four inner being in pairs and posterior to the others; two 
within, and three without each of the large spines borne on the 
posterior segment. Caudal spines straight or curved, black- 
tipped. Wing-padscoveringthe posterior femora below. Antennge 
curving around the femora of the two anterior pairs of legs and 
then extending inwards towards the ventral middle line. 
‘‘Length .22-.25 inch.” 
Imago (Plate XIV., Fig. 1).—“Pale green, or greenish yel¬ 
low, marked with black. Head and mouth-parts black, the 
former showing a brownish cast medially on ventral side. 
Three basal articles of each antenna pale, sometimes with dusky 
dots on posterior side; remainder of antennge b'ack. Prothorax 
uniformly green or yellow. Klytra green or yellow, with twelve 
large black spots, six on each, arranged in three cross series; 
the first series at the base, the second at about the middle, 
and the third midway between the second and the tips of the 
elytra. Scutellum brown or black. Mesothorax beneath the 
coxge, the basal third to half of femora, and the abdomen, yel- 
