14 Gravely, Notes on the Spawning of Eledone. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE IL 



Fig. 7. Cluster of eggs* of Eledone cirrosa after attachment to 

 the glass of the aquarium, but before their arrangement 

 into a bunch with a central stem. (Nat. size. From a 

 photograph.) 



Fig. 8. (a) A similar bunch completed* ; the central stem is 

 seen in two places as a dark body between the eggs ; 

 the attachment disc is also dark, and does not show up 

 against the black background. (/') An abnormal cluster* 

 in which the eggs are attached singly to an unusually 

 large disc. (Nat. size. From a photograph.) 



* Tlie specimens from which these figures were taken have been deposited 

 in the Manciiester Museum. 



