DESCRIPTION OF PLATES

[The figures were all drawn with Zeiss oil-immersion 2 mm., oc. 12, and have been reduced one-third, giving a magnification of 1,000 diameters.]

Plate VIII.

Trirhabda virgata (Family Chrysomelidæ).

Fig. 1. Equatorial plate from somatic tissues of a male pupa, 27 large chromosomes, 1 small one.

2. Equatorial plate from an egg follicle, 28 large chromosomes.

3. Equatorial plate of spermatogonium, 27 large chromosomes, 1 small one.

4. First spermatocyte, synizesis stage.