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embryo, but never forms a distinct invagination. At most 

 it is only slightly concave when viewed from above, and soon 

 becomes arched outward. These changes are accompanied 

 by the formation of the mid-gut, a term that is not intended 



Fig. 1. 



External appearance of an embryo of forty-four hours. 

 ac, apical ciUa ; bl, blastopore ; x, ventral depression. 



to include the ventral tube, which is of unknown origin. 

 From the beginning it is connected with the ventral tube, 

 formed, as it were, as a continuation of the anterior extremity 

 of the ventral tube. 



