Echinodermata, origin of germ-cells, [202].

Echinus, polar bodies of, [351].

Ectocarpus, male parthenogenesis in, [247].

Eggs, number laid by various birds, [12], [37];

of insects, [17].

Eider-ducks, length of life of, [11].

Eimer, on the inheritance of mutilations, [426].

Eleodes grandis, and dentiper, length of life of imago of, [47].

Elephants, length of life of, [6];

gestation of, [7].