THE EGG. 



peering through the circular rose-window of a 

 miniature Gothic cathedral [Figs. 2-5]. The cells 



i 



FIG. 3. Micropyle of esrg of 

 Brenthis Myrina, X 40. 



FIG. 4. Micropyle of egg of Heodes 

 Hypophlaeas, X 100. 



O 



FIG. 6. Egg of 



Jasoniades Glau- 



cus, X 5. 



which form the interior of this rosette are the 

 points at which microscopic pores or canals lead 



into the interior of the egg, and 



through which it is fertilized. 

 The eggs are of 



every variety of 



shape ; but iii 



general they are 



flattened on the 



surface of rest 



and spherical 



[Fig. 6], hemispherical [Figs. 7, 8], 

 or sugar-loaf-shaped above [Figs. 

 9, 10 ; see also Fig. 17] ; in one 

 group they are spindle-shaped [Fig. 

 11], and in another they have the 

 form of a sea-urchin [Fig. 12]. Some of them. 



FIG. 5. Micropyle of 

 ;gg of Eurymus Philo- 

 lice, X 60. 



FIG. 7. Egg of 



Heodes Hypophlaeas, 



X 1C 



O 



FIG. 8. Egg of 



Atrytone Zabulon, 



X 12. 



