Part 12

Villagutierre Soto Mayor, Juan. 1701, Historia de la Conquista de la Provincia de el Itza; 4^o, pp. 660, Madrid.

Vaticanus 3773, See Seler, 1902.

PLATE 1

MOLLUSCA

FASCIOLARIA GIGANTEA

1. Man emerging from shell, Dresden 41b. 2. Same, Borgia 4. 3. Bologna 4. 4. Dresden 37b. 5. Vaticanus 3773, 66. 6. Nuttall 16. 7. Sign for zero, Dresden 64. 8. Glyph, Dresden 41b. 9. Nuttall 16.

OLIVA

10, 11. Sign for zero, Dresden 63. 12. Same, Dresden 55b.

OTHER MOLLUSCA

13. Sign 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.

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.

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.

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.

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, fig. 5.) 4. Chichen Itza, Temple of the Tigers, Lower Chamber (Maudslay, III, Pl. 45). 5. Fish. 6. Pottery fish, Chajcar (Maudslay, IV, Pl. 93). 7. Same. 8. Fish as offering, Tro-Cortesianus 3a. 9. Same, Dresden 29b.

PLATE 6

PISCES

1. Possibly a flying-fish (Exocetus), Nuttall 75. 2. Palenque, Temple of the Cross (Maudslay, IV, Pl. 68). 3. Nuttall 36. 4, 5. Glyphs, possibly of a shark, Dresden 40a. 6. Fish as offering, Dresden 27c. 7. Fish without dorsal fins, possibly an eel (Muraena), Dresden 65b. 8. Fish as offering, Dresden 23b. 9. Pottery animal from Santa Rita (Gann, 1897-1898, Pl. 34). 10. Dresden 44c. 11. Nuttall 16. 12. Palenque, Palace (Maudslay, IV, Pl. 11). 13. Fish as offering, Dresden 33a. 14. Fish as part of the Great Cycle glyph, Copan, Stela C, north (Maudslay, I, Pl. 41). 15. Same, Copan, Stela C, south (Maudslay, I, Pl. 41.) 16. Same, Copan, Stela D (Maudslay, I, Pl. 48). 17. Same, Copan, Stela C, south (Maudslay, I, Pl. 41).

PLATE 7

AMPHIBIA