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portion of the yelk is included in the blastodernia, and is beginning to disap- 

 pear as a separate body, measured one two-hundred-and-fiftieth of an inch. In 

 the next stage (fig. 27), which shows that the last portion of the yelk is in- 

 closed on the dorsal surface of the thorax of the embryo Stylops (B), as 

 observed by Rathke in the Crustacea, the form of the ovum is altered. It is 

 slightly flattened at its sides, is oval, and measures one two-hundredth of an 

 inch. The body of the embryo is now seen partially coiled on itself, with its 

 abdominal portion bent under the thoracic, and with its dorsal surface next 

 the interior of the shell ; it consists entirely of an aggregation of yelk-cells, 

 partially inclosed in a blastodermic membrane, which completely invests the 

 folded portion, the ventral surface of the future larva, but is open on its dorsal, 

 being gradually closed from behind forwards to the thorax at a subsequent 

 period. On the anterior portion of the membrane, which is to become the 

 tegument of the thorax, three slight transverse folds {f), which originated in 

 the previous stage of organization, now form on each side three broad tubercles 

 that project slightly from the surface ; these are the germs of the future legs. A 

 distinct membrane inclosing the entire embryo in the shell is now visible {g). 

 In the next stage (fig. 28), the ovum has acquired a diameter of about one- 

 hundred and seventieth of an inch. The membrane that invests the embryo 

 is more distinct, the pedal tubercles are elongated and pointed at their apex, 

 and the remains of the yelk are rapidly becoming included in the thorax, which 

 is much enlarged, but is not yet closed on its dorsal surface. At a still later 

 period (fig. 29) the form is recognizable as that of the larva of Stylops. The 

 ovum is more elongated anteriorly, and measures one hundred and fiftieth 

 of an inch. The dorsal surface of the thorax is closed. The tubercular legs 

 now have the rudiments of tarsal and tibial joints ; the head of the embryo 

 begins to project slightly from the thorax, the investing membranes are more 

 distinctly marked, and the body exhibits a more organized and less celliform 

 appearance. At a further advanced stage (fig. 30) the ovum is still more 

 elongated, and is more flattened at its sides, the investing coverings of the 

 embryo being put on the stretch by the growth and extension of the body. 

 The ovum now is about one hundred and twentieth of an inch in diameter. 

 Still later (fig. 31) it has reached to one hundredth of an inch. The legs of 

 the embryo have acquired almost their proper length, the amnion which in- 



