for zero, Dresden 54b.
14. Same. Bivalve, Dresden 63.
15. Bivalve, Nuttall 25.
16. Nuttall 49.
17. Nuttall 23.
18. Nuttall 16.
19. Nuttall 36.
20. Nuttall 75.
21. Bivalve closed, seen in profile, Nuttall 75.
22. Same, Nuttall 25.
23. Probably bivalve, Nuttall 16.
24. Same. Nuttall 36.

[Illustration: PLATE 1]

PLATE 2

INSECTA

HONEY BEE (_Melipona_)

1. Possibly a drone, Tro-Cortesianus 108a.
2, 3. Tro-Cortesianus 108a.
4, 6[TN-18] Bees more conventionalized, Tro-Cortesianus 80b.
5. Bee and honey comb, Tro-Cortesianus 109c.
7. Honey combs, apparently in a hive, Tro-Cortesianus 11c.
8. Maya day sign, _Cauac_, possibly representing a honey comb,
Tro-Cortesianus 106b.
9. Tro-Cortesianus 103c.
10. Honey combs in a hive, Tro-Cortesianus 104a.
11. Bee and honey comb, Tro-Cortesianus 109c.

[Illustration: PLATE 2]

PLATE 3

INSECTA AND MYRIAPODA

1. Maggots, probably of Blowfly (_Sarcophaga_), Tro-Cortesianus 27d.
2. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 24d.
3. Larva of _Acentrocneme kollari_, Tro-Cortesianus 28c.
4. Conventionalized insect, possibly a hornet, Nuttall 3.
5. Conventionalized insect, unidentified, Nuttall 19.
6. Same, Nuttall 55.
7. Same, Nuttall 51.
8. Butterfly or moth, Nuttall 19.
9. Butterfly, Aubin.
10. Maya day sign, _Akbal_, possibly representing the head of a
centipede.
11. Glyph belonging to god D, apparently composed of signs for
centipede, Dresden 7b.
12. Glyph for god D, Dresden 14b.
13. Glyph, Dresden 44b.
14. Same, Dresden 27a.
15. Centipede in connection with head-dress of god D, Dresden 15c.
16. Glyph, Dresden 9b.
17. Same, Dresden 15c.
18. Centipede in connection with head-dress of god D, Dresden 7c.

[Illustration: PLATE 3]

PLATE 4

ARACHNOIDEA, ARACHNIDA, CRUSTACEA

1. Scorpion and deer, Tro-Cortesianus 48c.
2. Scorpion with sting conventionalized as a hand, Tro-Cortesianus 44c.
3. Scorpion highly conventionalized, Nuttall 22.
4. Spider, possibly a tarantula, Borbonicus 9.
5. Crayfish, Nuttall 16.
6. Crab, Nuttall 37.

[Illustration: PLATE 4]

PLATE 5

MYRIAPODA, PISCES

1. Parts of a conventionalized centipede with quetzal tail, Vaticanus
3773, 13.
2. Fish with teeth, Chichen Itza, Temple of the Tigers, Lower Chamber
(Maudslay, III, Pl. 48).
3. Fish captured by heron, Dresden 36b. (Compare Pl. 15