| At first it is quite small, and it gradually increases in size during the spireme stage. |
| The connection of the element x with the spireme up to the stage where the spireme segments to form the bivalent chromosomes. |
| As in most of the other species of Coleoptera, the unequal pair is not distinguishable until the spireme stage. |
| This body is often applied to the nuclear membrane and connected with the spireme. |
| The spireme here, as also in figure 99, is fine and closely interwound. |
| In figure 107 one sees the spireme divided into segments still joined by linin bridges. |
