396 



DAVID E. FINK. 



.0014 



0010 



0006 



CP 



o 

 o 



0006 



.0004 



.0002 



Active 

 Vdoys 



Starved 

 Vdoys 



Hiber- 

 nating 

 3 days 



Hiber- 

 nating 

 6 months 



Starving 

 I month 



Hibernating 

 months 



FIG. 8. Ordinates represent the CO* output per hour per gram body weight of 

 organisms. Note the reduced COs output of hibernating and starving as compared 

 to active animals, indicating a parallelism in metabolic activity between starving 

 and hibernating beetles. 



.0)15 



.0013 



fe. 



& 00 " 



5 .0009 

 .0007 



0005 

 Days 



4 



7 



Q 



10 



FIG. 9. Ordinates show the CC>2 output per hour per gram body weight of 

 beetles during the progress of starvation until death. Abscissas represent days. 



