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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  17th-18th 
  January 
  1914. 
  Laid 
  18 
  eggs. 
  Male 
  removed, 
  transferred 
  

   toY. 
  

  

  18th- 
  loth 
  January 
  1914 
  laid 
  14 
  eggs. 
  Transferred 
  to 
  Z. 
  Morning 
  

   of 
  20th 
  found 
  dead. 
  Total 
  32 
  eggs. 
  

  

  Moths 
  which 
  emerged 
  19th 
  January 
  1914, 
  on 
  20th 
  January 
  1914 
  

   were 
  put 
  into 
  4 
  cages. 
  17 
  eggs 
  were 
  laid 
  including 
  a 
  chain 
  of 
  9 
  attached 
  

   to 
  a 
  dead 
  moth. 
  By 
  24th 
  all 
  moths 
  were 
  dead. 
  

  

  Cage 
  6. 
  A 
  pair 
  put 
  in 
  21st 
  January 
  1914 
  and 
  on 
  21st-22nd 
  January 
  

   1914, 
  3 
  chains 
  of 
  eggs 
  were 
  laid 
  with 
  hairs 
  adhering, 
  56 
  eggs 
  in 
  all. 
  Moths 
  

   were 
  transferred 
  to 
  cage 
  7. 
  By 
  23rd 
  January 
  1914, 
  53 
  eggs 
  were 
  laid 
  

   and 
  male 
  was 
  dead. 
  Female 
  transferred 
  and 
  laid 
  48 
  eggs. 
  Female 
  

   transferred, 
  laid 
  12 
  more. 
  Female 
  transferred, 
  2 
  more 
  (26th 
  January 
  

   1914), 
  28th 
  January 
  1914, 
  2 
  more. 
  29th 
  January 
  1914 
  moth 
  found 
  dead 
  

   i.e., 
  between 
  21st 
  January 
  1914 
  and 
  29th 
  January 
  1914, 
  laid 
  153. 
  Time 
  

   taken 
  to 
  hatch 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Eggs 
  laid 
  15th-16th 
  January 
  1914 
  hatched 
  out 
  by 
  8-30 
  a.m., 
  on 
  

   morning 
  21st 
  January 
  1914, 
  remainder 
  of 
  these 
  had 
  hatched 
  by 
  22nd 
  

   January 
  1914, 
  5-6 
  days. 
  

  

  Eggs 
  laid 
  on 
  night 
  16th-17th 
  January 
  1914, 
  some 
  hatched 
  21st 
  

   January 
  1914, 
  others 
  22nd 
  January 
  1914 
  ; 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  days. 
  

  

  Eggs 
  laid 
  on 
  night 
  17th-18th 
  January 
  1914 
  hatched 
  23rd 
  January 
  

   19»14, 
  5 
  days. 
  

  

  Cage 
  X, 
  eggs 
  laid 
  on 
  night 
  17th-18th 
  January 
  1914 
  hatched 
  23rd 
  

   January 
  1914 
  am. 
  5 
  days. 
  

  

  Cage 
  7, 
  eggs 
  laid 
  on 
  night 
  18th-19th 
  January 
  1914, 
  hatched 
  24th 
  

   January 
  1914 
  am. 
  5 
  days. 
  

  

  Short 
  description 
  of 
  egg 
  (Plate 
  XXVI, 
  Fig. 
  1) 
  Egg 
  has 
  been 
  already 
  

   described 
  as 
  a 
  flattened 
  scale-like 
  object, 
  pale 
  yellow 
  in 
  colour. 
  On 
  the 
  

   2nd 
  day 
  the 
  yolk 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  concentrated 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  egg 
  

   and 
  a 
  clear 
  kidney-shaped 
  space 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  3rd 
  day 
  this 
  space 
  is 
  larger, 
  yolk 
  is 
  more 
  concentracted, 
  embryo 
  

   is 
  seen 
  clearly. 
  

  

  4th 
  day, 
  red 
  patch 
  appears 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  embryo 
  a*nd 
  the 
  edges 
  

   of 
  the 
  clear 
  area 
  are 
  becoming 
  opaque. 
  

  

  5th 
  day. 
  Two 
  dark 
  eye 
  like 
  spots 
  appeared, 
  behind 
  these 
  an 
  oblique 
  

   red 
  brown 
  patch 
  ; 
  the 
  red 
  patch 
  has 
  deepened 
  and 
  forms 
  a 
  semi- 
  

   circular 
  band 
  at 
  one 
  pole. 
  

  

  Larva, 
  just 
  hatched, 
  rather 
  less 
  than 
  1 
  mm. 
  in 
  length. 
  Colour 
  yellow 
  

   brown 
  with 
  two 
  red 
  brown 
  stripes 
  on 
  dorsal 
  surface 
  of 
  IV, 
  V, 
  VI, 
  VII 
  

  

  