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pleted the first step in tlie process of casting. Tiie test cells, apical plate, and 

 stomodaeum still adhere to the anterior end of the embryo. X 150. 



Fig. 35. — Lateral view of a reconstruction of an embryo that has completed 

 the process of casting. X 150. 



Fig. 36. — Lateral view of a reconstruction of an embryo in which the liver 

 pouches have begun to go to pieces. X 150. 



Fig. 37. — Sagittal section of an embryo in the stage represented by Fig. 36. 

 X 275. 



Fig. 38. — Transverse sect ion of an embryo in the stage represented by Fig. 

 36, taken through the stomach just posterior to the pedal ganglia. X 275. 



Fig. 39. — Lateral view of a reconstruction of an embryo that is just begin- 

 ning to form the gills. X 150. 



Fig. 40. — Lateral view of a reconstruction of an embryo in which each gill 

 is beginning to form two lobes. X 150. 



Fig. 41. — Lateral view of a reconstruction of an embryo in which each gill 

 is beginning to form its third lobe. X 150. 



Fig. 42. — Horizontal section of an embryo in a stage represented by Fig. 



40, taken tiirough the dorsal end of the stomach and the re-forming lobes of 

 the liver. X 200. 



Fig. 43. — Horizontal section of an embryo in the stage represented by Fig. 



41, taken through the dorsal end of the stomach and the re-forming lobes of 

 the liver. X 200. 



Fig. 44. — Horizontal section of an embryo in the stage represented by Fig. 

 46, PI. 24, taken through the dorsal end of the stomach and the re-formed 

 lobes of the liver. X 150. 



PLATE 24. 



Fig. 45. — Lateral view of a reconstruction of an embryo in which each gill 

 has four pairs of plates. X 125. 



Fig. 46. — Lateral view of a reconstruction of an embryo in which each gill 

 has six pairs of plates, X 125. 



Fig. 47. — Lateral view of a reconstruction of an embryo in which each gill 

 has eight pairs of plates. X 110. 



Fig. 48. — Lateral view of a reconstruction of an adult specimen, x 30. 



Fig. 49. — Adult specimen with the foot ])rotruded and the side flaps spread 

 apart. X 10. 



Fig. 50. — View of the inside of an adult left shell-valve, x 15. 

 Fig. 51. — Left shell-valve seen obliquely from the dorsal margin, x 15. 

 Fig. 52. — A nearly horizontal section of an embryo in the stage represented 

 by Fig. 46, cut to show the developing outer plates of the gills, x 150, 



