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to side nearly at right angles with one another. A longi- 

 tudinal section shows that both the horizontal and the 

 vertical contours of the cornea are very nearly semicir- 

 cular, and that the lines which mark off the facets merely 

 arise from a slight modification of its substance between 

 the facets. The outer contour of each facet forms part 



Fig. 28. — Astacus Jivr.iatilis. — A, a, vertical section of the eye-stalk 

 (x 6) ; B, a small portion of the same, showing the visual ap- 

 paratus more highly magnified ; a, cornea ; b, outer dark zone ; c, 

 outer white zone ; d, middle dark zone ; e, inner white zone ; 

 /, inner dark zone ; cr, crystalline cones ; g, optic ganglion ; op, 

 optic nerve ; sj), striated spindles. 



of the general curvature of the outer face of the cornea ; 

 the inner contour sometimes exhibits a slight deviation 



