88 THE CA-NADlAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Nine leaves had received 2 eggs, six leaves held 3 each, and one 

 held 4. This placing of a second, third or fourth egg on the same leaf is 

 to be regarded as accidental, as is probably the position selected on the 

 flower. None of the eggs were placed more than three inches from the 

 end of the stem, and none were laid on the stem itself. 



On the 14th the junior author was at Lakehurst, N. J., and was 

 fortunate enough to again observe a 9 epixanthe ovipositing in nature 

 on the large cranberry. The act was performed in a manner similar to 

 that already described. Other females taken on the same date, when 

 confined in glass jars laid a few eggs, placing them in the ordinary position 

 on the under side of leaves within a short distance from the end of the 

 shoot. 



We expected the eggs to hatch any day, but when July and August 

 passed without any sign from the hundred-odd examples, it became 

 evident that the insects would winter in this stage. 



It is not an easy matter to carry living eggs through the period of 

 hibernation under the most favourable circumstances, and despite such 

 precautions as have been taken, our total ignorance of the conditions 

 necessary to ensure the well-being of the tiny larvae still within the shell, 

 may be responsible for the loss of the entire lot. We were, therefore, glad to 

 avail ourselves of the assistance of Mr. C. A. Frost. There is a bog about 

 a mile from his home, at South Framingham, Mass., in which he sought 

 for eggs on the cranberry vines, as we had found them, and met with 

 exceptional success. On October 5ih we received twelve eggs collected 

 by him in two and a half hours. One of these was on a piece of dried 

 fern, but all others were in the usual position on the leaves. At our 

 suggestion Mr. Frost located more eggs, marking the i)lants so that it 

 would be possible to find them again in the spring. Under date of Oct. 

 27th, 1907, he wrote : 



'• I have to-day located ten eggs on the bog, and marked them as you 

 explained to me. They were all on leaves one inch or less from the top 

 of the stems. One was located where there was a growth of Sphagnum 

 moss, but it was as high as the rest All the eggs so far have been near 

 or on the edge of the bog ; I have not looked very much toward the 

 centre." 



Should the eggs now hibernating under artificial conditions fail to 

 hatch, we rely on those " marked for future reference " to give their larvse 

 normally ; and with Mr. Frost's able assistance we may be so fortunate as 

 to work out the rest of the life-history of this interesting species before 

 anotlier egg-laying season arrives. 



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