TOTANUS FUSCTJS. 
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of the usual pyriform shape, although they are not much compressed at the small end, and vary in colour 
from a fine olive-green to a brownish-olive hue. Those of the former type are marked with large rather 
even-edged blotches of sepia, mostly gathered round the large end, though not in the form of a zone ; beneath 
them are the usual primary markings of clear bluish grey. Eggs of the browner types are similar in character, 
but the secondary or underlying markings are browner; all have small blots or specks mixed with the larger, 
which run generally in a longitudinal direction. In a fine series before me, collected by Mr. Dresser in 
Northern Europe, some measure T8G by 1 • 25 inch, others T85 by 1'23 and l - 82 by 123, which shows that 
there is little variation in their size. 
