Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Heads of second- to fifth-stage caterpillars of Rhabdoidcs ccllus. Figs. E-H.—E, second stage. F, third stage. G, fourth stage. H, fifth F-H are all on the same scale, much less magnified than fig. E. The headof the first stage is shown on plate 7, figs. 49, 50. The sides of the prolegs bear numerous short hairs. The end of the body bears numerous hairs of various lengths,though none of them are very long. The head is deep maroon, almost black, without markings. Thefirst pair of thoracic legs is dark, almost as dark as the head, but theothers
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Heads of second- to fifth-stage caterpillars of Rhabdoidcs ccllus. Figs. E-H.—E, second stage. F, third stage. G, fourth stage. H, fifth F-H are all on the same scale, much less magnified than fig. E. The headof the first stage is shown on plate 7, figs. 49, 50. The sides of the prolegs bear numerous short hairs. The end of the body bears numerous hairs of various lengths,though none of them are very long. The head is deep maroon, almost black, without markings. Thefirst pair of thoracic legs is dark, almost as dark as the head, but theothers are of the same color as the body. The maximum size for this stage is 8 mm in length. THIRD-STAGE CATERPILLARPlate (), fig. ^T,; text fig. F, p. 29 The head capsule is 2 mm wide at its widest part. The scalelike prominences on the summit of the head lobes aremore numerous than in the preceding stage, and the hairs are alsomore numerous. 30 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 95 On the dorsal surface the short bristles with en
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