LIFE HISTORY AND HABITS: THE ADULT. 99 
TasLe LI.—Extent of feeding of each séx of the plum curculio during the season, Myrtle, 
Ga., 1906—Continued. 
Feeding punctures by males. Feeding punctures by 
females. 
Dates. | | 
Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- | Bee- 
tle tle tle tle tle tle tle tle tle tle tle tle 
No. 1./No. 2./No. 3./No. 4./No. 5.|No. 6./No. 7./No. 8.|No. 1./No. 2.|No. 3.|No. 4. 
| 
| 22 2 1 8 
| 22 if 1 6 
i 8 2 5 
8 BN Send 3 
2 7 2 4 
19 LOM So5.2 5 
15 4 seenst 9 
3 8 1 9 
3 5 1 5 
8 2 4 8 
5 2 2 10 
3a eS | Bee 3 
1 7A Be ee HEA aoe 
3 2 5 2 
Jee chee (*) Qi \aeeece 
eee wa] a cme nc lec ew welecewee|- == one 
July 
1 Died. 2 No record. 
The individual records show that the females feed more actively 
than the males. Most of the males had practically ceased feeding 
by June 11, although the females continued to feed freely during the 
rest of the month. The average number of feeding punctures per 
male, excluding No. 4, is 135.55, as compared with the average of 
355.50 for each female. 
OPERATION OF EGG LAYING. 
The process of egg laying of the plum curculio has excited the 
interest of many observers, and it has been frequently described. 
There is much variation in the statements as to time occupied, se- 
quence, and relative time of the various acts, etc. Many writers 
have not distinguished at all the separate steps involved, as, for 
example: 
As soon as the plums, peaches, cherries, and apples are set the curculio commences 
operations, imprinting the familiar crescent and placing an egg inside, 
