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the outer parts clearer with a brownish tinge, at the same time the little masses become disintegrated and the ova about twice the diameter of those in the first condition  Finally the most mature exhibit the yolk yellow with half of one side exhibiting an oval brownish clear speck the nucleus of the young shell and slightly concave.
The most mature are free floating in the fluids of the animal close to the Anal papilla and I have little doubt that they are extruded by the so called renal orifice though I have not yet definitely traced the oviduct. At no other point in the ovisac are mature ova found. The color of