NOTE ON THE CYTOLOGY OF CALOTHEIX FUSCA. 629 
Pigs. 2 and 4. — Central body in the act of becoming diffuse. 
Pig. 5. — Showing the star-shaped achromatic part of the central body. 
Pig. 6. — Idem. Achromatic part zigzag shaped. 
Pig. 7. — As fig. 5, but achromatic substratum no longer visible. 
Pig. 8. — Showing the different stages of dissociation of the central 
body. 
a, b. Normal central body. 
c. Central body become diffuse. Achromatic substratum no longer 
differentiated. 
d, e. Complete dissolution of the central body. Chromatin in the form 
of granules and filaments spread throughout the proto- 
plasma. 
Pig. 9.— Same stages as fig. 8d and 8e. 
Pigs. 10 — 12. — Preparations of cell-filaments stained in toto. 
The figures show the same peculiarities as the microtome sections. 
