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the under surface of leaves, near the apex of the new shoots, but the 

 branches selected were higher up on the plant, and quite above the 

 Sjy/iagnufH. Having more confidence in results obtained under natural 

 conditions, we removed the gauze and set the insect at liberty. Slie flew 

 but a few feet, then settled ahiiost out of sight among the vines, and prac- 

 tically repeated her first performance. Thereupon the lady basely 

 violated the confidence reposed in her by flying for tiie trees, dodging 

 around one of them, and disappearing most mysteriously. Some time was 

 spent in an endeavour to pick up the lost trail, but without success. 



We did not remain at the bog long after this, but returned to 

 Lakewood with our four captive females, and immediately confined them 

 over cranberry arranged as naturally as possible, and put them in a sunny 

 window. 



The next day was spent in a small swampy stretch along the railroad 

 track just south of the village. Epixanthe was quite abundant, and a 

 dozen or more females were observed, though no eggs wero secured. 

 However, a pair were found in coitu, and watched for eighteen minutes, 

 when they separated. They were easily taken, and the impregnated 

 female went to join her sisters in prison. We returned to the house about 

 two o'clock, and found one of the insects brought in the day before busily 

 ovipositing on the cranberry. This continued all the afternoon, even on 

 the train bearing us back to New York. Several eggs would be laid at 

 intervals of a few seconds ; then a period of rest would ensue, and again 

 a number of eggs. The last oviposition observed was at 5.30 p, m. The 

 other females taken on July first died without yielding ova. 



The female taken just after coitus began to oviposit about ten o'clock 

 on the morning of July 5th, and had extruded all of her eggs by four 

 o'clock in the afternoon. The ova were placed as follows : 



Upper Under 



surface. . surface. Calyx. 



9 No. I, terminal leaf i 1 i 



lower leaves 5 32 



Total 40 



Upper Under 



surface. surface. 



$ No. 2, lower leaves , 3 39 



Total 42 



