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llie iiiooii. Meanwhile llic nooding ol' Ihc lirid wliit'li 

 lìi'sl hiH'ainc iiianircst (Iuiìiìl; llic Ihiid weck in Scptcm- 

 hi'i' irradila lly incifascd niilil l)y Ihc second weck in 

 ()cl()l)er tlic kind was coxered with more Ihan one fool 

 of waler. 



Il sliouhl he noled llial allei- ( )cl()ì)er :)lh, aillioni^li 

 a (irop in Ihc niinil)er of (leiechia caughl was cxpecled, 

 vcl Ihal which aclually look place was ninch i;rcalei" 

 Ihan WC should have anlicipalcd on account of lull 

 moon alone. When Hie nii^hls hi'came (hirk ai.;ain 

 Gelechia laüed lo show any appceciahle rise hul lOarias 

 (lid so unlil Ocloher J) when ils numl)ei-s dropped \ tay 

 suddt'iily and coilinued lo do so iiiilil Irappinj^ was 

 ahandoned. 



Since (leiechia pupales lo a xcry laii;(.> exlenl on llu' 

 i^round amoiii^sl lallen lea\cs elc. il would seem 

 \v\\ piohahle Ihal hea\y iloodini; lasliiii; lor weeks 

 would 1)1' likelv lo cause the dealh of Ihe pupae and 

 |)rol)ahl\ also pupalini; lar\ae. Larxai' leaxin;.; Ihe holis 

 lo pupale would he lil>ely lo lall itilo Ihe waler and he 

 drowned — lh()ni;h |)erha|)s noi all. Whether or noi IVee 

 moths mii;!il i;el drowned under such conditions as 

 prcNailed 1 do not know, hiil rather douhl it. 



The l!;MÌa.s lai\ae or holl w onus whose hahil is to 

 pupale to a much j;reater exleni on [h.v plants would he 

 much less likely lo come to harm hy Ihe Hoodini; ol the 

 held. This point seems to he hoine out h\- Ihe lam|) 

 lra|) lij.;niH's. 



Oilier possihle ex|)lanations wliicli may l)e put lor- 

 \\ai(i are hrieli}-. 



( I ) That many moths were drixcii awav from the 

 I il' Id ow ini; lo prexailiuL; conditions ; hut, if so, why was 



