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421 (J. Doll) 
[[insertion - blue pencil]] Sept 17 1893 [[/insertion]]

[[strikethrough - blue pencil scribbled across top portion of page]] Alcoholic [[underlined]] Citheronia [[strikethrough]] mexicana [[/strikethrough]] [[/underlined]] splendens Druce
[[underlined]] Stage hd 4.3 mm [[/underlined]] Smooth, evenly rounded Dark brownish black, sutures broadly pale, mouth parts, except jaws also pale. A few short pale hairs above the mouth. Body cylindrical, anal feet large with [[image - triangle]] corneous plates. Abd. feet long, with 2 rows of setiferous elongated tubercles.
Three rows of modified processes. [[circled]] 1 [[/circled]] s-d 2-13, single d. on 12 & 13 units a pair on anal plate; [[circled]] 2 [[/circled]] lat 2-13. [[circled]] 3 [[/circled]] s-v, 2-13 ant. and a small [[circled]] 4 [[/circled]] on 2-6 & 11-13, [[insertion]] ant. [[/insertion]] also s-v below [[circled]] 3 [[/circled]] Processes like [[antlers?]] with about 6 thorn like curving branches, [[circled]] 1 [[/circled]] on 2-4 & 12 about twice as long as the other [[image - asterisk above check mark]], [[circled]] 2 [[/circled]] on 3-4 and [[circled]] 1 [[/circled]] on 13 slightly longer than the [[most?]]. Apices minutely setiform or bare. Edges of 3 anal plate with conical [[setiform?]] smooth tubercles. Color blackish, nearly black. Processes all shiny black except the basal half of [[circled]] 1 [[/circled]] & [[circled]] 2 [[/circled]] 2-4 and the short