Abstract
A reexamination of the second spermatogenic division of the mealy bug, Planococcus citri (Risso), a lecanoid coccid, has revealed hitherto unknown spindle activity of the euchromatic set of chromosomes during anaphase II. An initial large half spindle elaborated by the heterochromatic chromosomes in early metaphase, gives way to a less pronounced, but clearly visible bipolar spindle involving both sets of chromosomes at early anaphase. There is no lengthening of the spindle or cell, but the separation of the chromosomes occurs around the periphery of the cell with the aid of interzonal activity. The active participation of the euchromatic chromosome during the separation is furthermore inferred by the formation of bridges resulting from euchromatic-heterochromatic translocations.
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