Grazia tincta

(Figs. 7, 73–80; Tab. 2)

Eggs barrel-shaped; operculum circular and convex; pigmented chorion white with two red round bands: one subapical, before the crown of aero-micropylar processes, and another at the operculum disc (Fig. 7). Chorion surface reticulated, less conspicuous at the light stereomicroscope due to chorion pigmentation. Aero-micropylar processes translucent, long, and enlarged at apex.

In SEM, chorion sculpture pattern sharply reticulated (Fig. 73), with regular hexagonal cells of fringed border overall lateral wall of egg (Fig. 74). Cells slightly depressed, but with a wide central area resembling a hole (Fig. 75); small acute spine-like projections, variable in size, delimiting the cells (Figs. 75, 76). Chorion projections filiform and very long overall anterior pole (Figs. 77, 78). Aero-micropylar processes cup-shaped: a long cylindrical base and an enlarged apex, bearing a wide central hole (Fig. 79). In larger magnification, aero-micropylar processes wall, surrounding the central channel, with spongy texture (Fig. 80).