EGG.—Conoidal, truncated, higher than broad, the base somewhat rounded; marked vertically by 14 ribs, one half of which reach the summit, the others nearly as far; the spaces between the ribs broad, excavated and crossed by ten or twelve fine ridges; the micropyle at top in centre of a rosette of five minute flat cells; and about these are successive irregular rings of cells, each larger than the one next within, to the verge of top; these are six and five sided, and some are sub-triangular, deeply excavated; color greenish-yellow when first laid, soon turning to brown. In shape, this egg is like that of other species of this genus, but it is characterized by fewer ribs than any with which I am acquainted. Duration of this stage 16 to 18 days.