236 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [VoL. XXXIII. 
The eggs appear attached to the surface of the stone by 
gelatinous threads proceeding from the outer envelope, and 
although they are generally contiguous, they are each attached 
separately. Within the eggs the embryos lie free, the heavier 
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Fic. 1. — Diagram showing hod of depositi f egg ployed by Selerpes bilineatus. 
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yolk being always beneath. When the normal position i 
changed by the sudden overturning of the stone, the eggs roll 
over simultaneously in order to resume their normal position. 
The eggs and their manner of deposition have been well 
described by VERRILL ('62, 63), although the author considers 
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Fic. 2. — Desmognathus fusca © with egg-rosary, Natural size. 
them as the eggs of Desmognathus fusca and describes the 
under that name. ? 
The eggs which really belong to this latter species, as de- 
scribed by BAIRD ('50) and later by Cope ('89), are laid in a long 
string and wrapped around the body of the female like a rosary. 
Copr’s statement is as follows: “Professor Baird originally 
noticed the curious disposition of the eggs in this species, 
