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Table I'. Actual Time Passed in Soil. 
Length; 
No. 
Entered soil for pupation. 
Emerged. 
days 
hours. 
1. 
10 P. M., May 22nd. 
7 A. M., June 2nd. 
10 
9. 
2. 
10 P. IM., May 22nd. 
6 A. M., June 2nd. 
10 
8. 
3. 
10 P. M., May 22nd. 
6 A. M., June 2nd 
10 
S. 
4. 
10 P. i\l.. May 22nd. 
3 P. M., June 3d. 
11 
17. 
5. 
8..30 P. M., June 8th 
8 P. i\I., June 23d. 
14 
234. 
6. 
3 P. ]\I., June nth. 
5 P. M., June 21st. 
10 
2. 
7. 
2 P. M., .June 11th. 
9 A. M., June 23d. 
11 
19. 
8 . 
5 P. IM., June 11th. 
11 A. M., June 22nd. 
10 
18. 
9. 
Noon, June 12th. 
9 A. M., June 23d. 
10 
21. 
10. 
P. M., June 11th. 
P. i\I., June 22nd. 
11 
11. 
4 P. M., June 1 Ith. 
Noon, June 22nd. 
10 
20. 
12. 
3 P. M., June 11th. 
10 M., June 22nd. 
10 
19. 
13. 
2 P. IM., June 11th. 
7 A. M., June 24th. 
12 
19. 
Sums. 
146 
154 
Average. 
11 
7 
Lrnrjth of lime in soil after eclosiun. Two records olttained, give this period as 
3 days, 12 hours, and 4 days, 8 hours respectively. By coiupariug the.se witli the 
tables ill foregoing, they are apparently about correct, the average being about three 
anti a half days. 
The Adult. 
Changes in color following erlosion. The changes in coloration undergone by 
the adult immediately following eclosion, have tdready been amply de.scribeil and 
figured (Tower, 1903), so that no mention of them will be made here. 
Length of life in confinement. We have but a single record of tins, for a pair 
of adults captured in ropnla, 5 P. i\l.. May 20th, and at once confined with food. 
'Phe male died on .Tune first, having lived 12 days. The female lived until .lime 7th, 
or 1(8 ilays. As already intimated, we may expect a much longer length of life than 
this, as both adults were probably some days ohl when captured. 
Copulation and oviposition. The female of this pair deposited 525 eggs from 
May 21 to .June 5th, in masses ranging from 9 to 53 eggs each, and with an average 
of 29.1 eggs to the mass. The daily rate of deposition was about the same as the 
average number of eggs per mass. Thus she averaged daily a mass of 29.1 eggs. 
During the period of confinement, the pair were observed in copula no less than 
eleven times, or nearly once daily. On May 20th, they were observed to mate three 
