DEVELOPMENT OF COPIDOSOMA GELECHI^E. 



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The degeneration of embryos or larvae does not cease immedi- 

 ately after the dissociation of the polygermal mass, but such 

 embryos are found up until the beginning of pupation. About 

 fifty lots of free larvae have been dissected out of caterpillars, and 



TABLE III. 



TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PARASITES IN FEMALE BROODS. 



Total = 17,864. 

 Average = 198.48. 



