EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



PiATE 



I. "1 Illustrations of new Longicorn Beetles from Japan, accompanying 

 II. J Mr. Bates's paper thereon.- 



III. Early germinal stages. "| To illustrate Mr. Brooks's obser- 



IV. Ditto and embrj'onal development. [ rations on the eggs and young 

 V. Further development of embryo. / stages of the Lesser Weever- 



VI. The embryo after hatching. i Fish. 



VII. Heterolepidotus grandis, desci'ibed by Mr. J. W. Davis. 



VIII. Egg-phenumena. -i Sketches accompanying Mr. 



IX. Newly-hatched embryos. I Brook's paper on Develop- 



X. Changes in young fish a few days old. J ment of Mofella ^mtstela. 



