Egg—Cylindrical, one half higher than broad, flat at base, tapering very slightly from base to about three fourths the length, then conoidal, the top flattened and a little depressed; marked by 14 vertical ridges, straight, narrow, not very prominent, and extending from base to the middle of the cone ; below the cone are horizontal striæ, which with the ridges enclose long, rectangular spaces ; there are nine tiers of these, each space roundly excavated; above the base of the cone are similar spaces in one tier, but they are higher and more nearly square and more deeply excavated ; next these is a tier of seven cells, irregularly pentagonal; the flattened top is composed of three concentric rows of small spaces, the outer one largest, and this and the next formed of pentagons; the inner row is made of rhomboids with the micropyle in the centre ; color yellow. Duration of this stage 3 days.