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the place the ocelli originally occupied. The remnants of the ocelli 

 remain during life as closed pigmented vesicles attached to the 

 optic nerves. The horseshoe-shaped pigmented area is, of course, 

 the " imaginal disc " of the adult compound eye. The ectoderm here 



b.c. 



FIG. 221. Two stages in the development of the compound eye of l>ytiscns 

 as seen in longitudinal section. (After Giinther. ) 



A, in the stage of lirst differentiation of the n-t.inul.-u>. B, in the stage of crystalline conr-fm IIKI- 

 tion. li.r, basal cell; l.c, cells which form the lens; pig, pigment-secreting cell; rli, rhabdome 

 )'. rudiment of retinula ; vit.c, crystalline cone cell. 



hecornes thick and consists of narrow columnar cells, whose nuclei are 

 disposed at several levels though they still constitute a single layer 

 of cells. 



At one end of the horse-shoe there is a spot where the cell limits 

 cannot be distinguished, and the ectoderm appears to consist of a 



