110 MADRAS FISHERIES BULLETIN VOL. XV, 



I found these eggs for the first time on the 29th July 1919 

 attached to a bundle of kavdlai plant {Tephrosia purpurea) brought 

 ashore by a kolamaram catamaran which landed its flying fish 

 catch on the Rayapuram (Madras) beach that evening. 



Fig. I. — Egg of Cypsilurtcs a few hours after fertilization. The dark mass of small cells 

 near the lower side represents the germinal disc. The three forms of filament* are 

 shown, and a few minute oil globules are seen scattered through the yolk. x 20. 



The presence of plenty of these eggs in the stomach of one 

 flying-fish dissected the same day is significant in view of the 

 statement of the fisher-folk that, to attract more shoals of flying- 

 fish, they usually detach a quantity of the eggs laid on their kambi, 

 then crush and throw the mass into the sea as bait. 



On the 15th August 1919, I found at Rayapuram (Madras) one 

 female specimen with the eggs oozing out and one male partly 

 spent. Again on the 10th July 1920, I collected from Madras three 

 specimens, 7'5", 8" and 8'2" long, respectively, which were all 

 males and were more or less fully mature. 



