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not eat then nor until after laying, on the 17th. This 

 female issued from a captured pupa July 29, mated 

 in captivity with a male from the same batch; the 

 male died on August 7, and the female laid eggs as 

 follows: 



August 5, 8 a. m. (66.) 



10. Hatched 4 p.m., August 12. 



12, presumablythe night of the nth. Hatched 



10 a.m. of the 14th. 

 14, (49), 10 a.m. A few hatched in 24 hours. 

 " 16. Hatched August 18, 10 a.m. 

 " 17, 10 a.m. Hatched August 19, at 3 p.m. 



19, (50), IO A.M. 



20, (45), TO A.M. 



The following is the record of hatching of the eggs 

 laid on August 5 ; the jar was not shaken at any time 

 during the incubation (unless on the 7th), and the 

 larvae were removed shortly after emerging : 



Time of Hatching. No. of Larvae. 



August 7, 8 a.m. .... 6 



12 M. . . . . 2 



I P.M. . . . . .1 



2 



4 



5 

 6 



9 



10 

 1 1 

 1 1 ; 



JO A.M.* 



12 M. 



2 



I 



I 



1 6 



2 



5 

 2 

 1 



Carried Forward, 



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