of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 
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colour, while the yellow pigment appeared either as large amorphous 
particles, or as an irregular group of short filaments aggregated together, 
without any approach to the branched stellate figure. 
DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES. PLATE XIII. 
Fig. 10. Ovum of Callionymus lyra, showing first appearance of black 
pigment, probably fourth or fifth day. Vesiculated yolk-cortex 
is shown, but the raised external reticulation is only partially 
indicated. x 56. 
Fig. 11. Ovum of Callionymus lyra at an earlier stage (second or third 
day?). The raised reticulation is only partially indicated. 
X 36. 
Fig. 12. Larva of Callionymus lyra second day after hatching, ventral 
view, showing pigmented pectoral fins. x 56. 
Fig. 13, Larva of Callionymus lyra^ showing epidermal reticulation. 
X 40. 
