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t ) •, <br />changing size of the eggs and their size depending on the amount of time <br />between fertilization and counting, <br /> <br />Female ~~l egg diameter .089" or 95990/gt. <br />~~2 .091" or 89800/qt. <br />~~3 .090" or 92826/gt. <br />4~4 .088" or 99297/gt. <br />l~5 .091" or 89800/gt. <br /> <br />Mean Size .0898" or 93542/gt. <br />Samples of one and two day old eggs were comparable size to the <br />measurements taken within one. to four hours after fertilization. <br />The water hardening process was completed within a one hour time period. <br />Egg Incubation <br />Egg incubation was attempted by five different methods. <br />Eggs were placed in McDonald hatching jars after water hardening. The <br />eggs developed normally until about the 48 hour stage, At this time the per- <br />centage of eggs with developing embryos started decreasing. The shell is so <br />delicate that almost any movement will ~a,!~P i* *o break A high percentage <br />_~ <br />of premature hatched embryos either died or were malformed. Samples of one <br />lot of the larvae that were jar hatched and held in a tank revealed that 62% <br />~_ .~ <br />had abnorma t es. The abnormality that was most prevalent was a body curva- <br />ture ventrally into almost a complete circle, <br />Three trials with McDonald jars gave the same resul~ts,.premature hatched <br />eggs. <br />.._ _ 12 <br />