198 J. THOMAS PATTERSON. 



PLATE III. 



FIG. 9. The posterior half of an ovary which shows the process of yolk ab- 

 sorption. On the right a capsule is being formed about two nuclei. X 650. 



FIG. 10. A later stage in the same part of another ovary. Note that the two 

 nuclei are immediately surrounded by a finely granular protoplasm. X 650. 



FIGS, ii and 12. Two eggs from the same capsule. This represents the con- 

 dition shortly after the disappearance of the aborting spindle. The nucleus is in 

 the form of faintly staining vesicles which in part are fused together. X 812. 



