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of the body the eggs become gradually smaller, and their contents 
are not granular. " Only a few years ago Phytopti were generally 
believed to be the larvae of other mites, and the statements of those 
authors who claimed to have seen the eggs in their bodies, were 
not credited. But with the recent improvements in microscopes, 
there is no reason why any one may not convince himself that the 
bodies described by Dujardin are really eggs Scores of specimens 
of the Phytoptus which produces galls on the leaves ot our soft 
maple may be secured in June, in which the eggs with nuclei and 
nucleoli may be seen with perfect distinctness. 
Fig. 28 —Phytoptus quadripes, Shimer. Side view showing the eggs within the body. 
From a camera lucida sketch. H. Garman, del. 
Figure 28 is a faithful representation of one of these mites, taken 
from a camera lucida sketch. The walls of the ovary are so delicate 
