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THEOPHILUS S. PAIJNTTER 



In studying the sections the main point to be determined was 

 the condition of the eggs in which this division was taking place, 

 especially was it desirable to see what had become of the aster. 



Five minutes after the eggs have been transferred to the 

 solution of the narcotic, one finds the condition shown in figure 



26. The male pronucleus lies at some distance from the female 

 element, it is small and, surrounded in every case in my prepara- 

 tions, by an area which is free from granules. Some sort of 

 fluid seems to have collected around the male element. There 

 is absolutely no sign of any cytoplasmic radiations at this time. 

 Later stages show the approaching and touching of the male 



