. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 284 BULLETIN 54, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Spence Bate" describes a species of Sj>hderoma^ Sph^ronia vasta- to/\ which was procured ""from a piece of wood which had formed part of a railway bridge over one of the back- waters of the West Coast of the Indian Penin- ; The wood is described as being "honey- combed with cylindrical holes, in many of which the animal was rolled up like a ball.'' Notwith- standing the close resemblance in habits and appearance of this species, as described and figured, to the
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 284 BULLETIN 54, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. Spence Bate" describes a species of Sj>hderoma^ Sph^ronia vasta- to/\ which was procured ""from a piece of wood which had formed part of a railway bridge over one of the back- waters of the West Coast of the Indian Penin- ; The wood is described as being "honey- combed with cylindrical holes, in many of which the animal was rolled up like a ball.'' Notwith- standing the close resemblance in habits and appearance of this species, as described and figured, to the j^resent one, there are four points of difference: I. The number and arrangement of the tubercles in the two species.—In 8. vastatov four tubercles are described on each of the last three segments of the thorax, and only two are figured on the anterior portion of the pleon. In the species under discussion, how-. FlG. 297.— de- STEUCTOR. Abdomen WITH UROPODA AND LAST SEG- MENT OF Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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