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pole while the second furrow has not yet made its appearance. 

 Another egg shows the first meridional furrow extending 

 nearly to the abapical pole and a very faint second furrow 



Text-fig. 1. 



a. View of apical hemisphere. b. View of the abapical hemisphere. 



Text-fig. 2. 



Apical hemisphere. 



intersecting it and extending as far as the margin of the 

 apical cap. A third egg (Text-tig. 2) is somewhat peculiar, 

 inasmuch as the first meridional furrow shows a break in 

 continuity in the region of the apical pole. 



Three other eggs of the same stage of development agree 

 in the main with those already described, except that the 



