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already cited, the male character is coupled with the aberrant form, and 

 those gametes of the hybrid which bear the aberrant character bear also 

 the male sex-character in a majority of cases. This can, I believe, be 



TABLE III. 



Sex-distribution among offspring of Aglia tau (T) crossed with its dark aberration 

 lugens (L). [Statistics of Standfuss ('96).] 



Generation 



Tcf (wild) 



9 d- ? 

 11 13 25 



conclusively shown from the statistics of Standfuss. The cross on which 

 lie made the most extensive observations is that between Aglia tau and 

 its aberration lugens. The various matings obtained and their outcome, 

 so far as recorded, are shown in Table III. 



