68 .  kEGG6s, &c. oF ANTS. 
parent point might be remarked at the 
superior extremity; in others, a clear 
zone above and underneath the little 
cloud. The largest presented a single 
opake and whitish point in their interior. 
There were some whose whole body was 
so remarkably clear, as to allow of my 
observing very distinctly the rings... In 
fixing my attention more closely upon 
the latter, I observed the egg open, and . 
the larva appear in its place. 
Having compared these eggs with 
those just laid, I constantly found the 
latter of a milky whiteness, completely 
opake, and smaller by one-half; so that 
Ihad no reason to doubt of the eggs of 
ants receiving a very considerable in- 
crease in size; that in elongating, they 
become transparent, but do not at this 
time disclose the form of the worm which 
is always arched. 
To be convinced of the truth of this 
statement, I viewed these eggs with the 
microscope; I also measured them, and 
having separated them from each other, 
