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David Day Whitney 



TABLE XVII 



Summary of Tables XV to XVI, showing the 

 percentage of male-laying femal s that occurred 

 among the females which were without food for 

 the first 1 1 to 64 hours after hatching, and also 

 the percentage of male-laying females which 

 occurred among the females that were abun- 

 dantly supplied with food from the moment they 

 hatched. 



Temperature 14° to 75° C. 



Indi- 

 vidu- 

 als 



35 

 49 



Starved 



from 

 time of 

 hatching 



Character of eggs 

 produced 



11-64 

 fed 



17 



27 

 40 



67 



Per 



cent 



22 -I- 

 18 + 



20 + 



TABLE XVIII 



Record of the sex character of the eggs laid 

 by 15 sisters, 7 of which were without food for 

 the first 7 to 13 hours after hatching and 8 were 

 abundantly supplied with food from the moment 

 they hatched. 



Temperature 2^° to 26° C. 



TABLE XIX 



Record of the sex character of the eggs laid 

 by 19 individuals females which were without 

 food for the first i to 13 hours after hatching. 

 Temperature 2§° to 26° C. 



TABLE XX 



Summary of Tables XVIII to XIX, show- 

 ing the percentage of male-laying females that 

 occurred among the 26 females that were with- 

 out food for the first i to 13 hours after hatch- 

 ing. 



Temperature 2^° to 26° C. 



