Note 14 — Chapter IX · THE PINE COCKCHAFER
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
The eggs, ovoids blunted at either end, measure four to five millimetres14 in length. They are a dull white, firm to the touch, as though supplied with a chalky shell copied from that of a Hen’s egg. This appearance is deceptive: what remains after the hatching is a delicate, flexible, translucent membrane. The chalky look is due to the contents, which show through. The hatching takes place in the middle of August, a month after the laying.