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Description of Fig. 12. 



Egg-pods of Melanophis differentiah's taken from a sandy soil, 

 showing variations in shape, a, pod with top broken off ; b and 

 b' ', pods made of sand with larger grains of sand or stone adher- 

 ing ; c, small portion of outside shell broken off ; d, specimens 

 made of sand and dirt with stones or clods of dirt firmly fixed to 

 the side ; e, specimens broken off near the top ; F, shows an 

 unfinished pod the grasshopper was disturbed while deposit- 

 ing eggs, and the pod was taken in this unfinished state ; g and 

 g', specimens taken, showing two pods firmly fixed to each 

 other, composed of sand ; g", four pods of sand and dirt, with 

 small stick and dead rootlets adhering ; Fr, cross-section of 

 top of pod, showing honeycomb structure made by the seba- 

 ceous fluid when dry. 



