144 I7iherita7ice and Evolution in Orthoptera I 



used as breeding cages. Soon after the young hatch, they are trans- 

 ferred by means of a damp camel hair brush to the larger cages covered 

 with the 24'mesh wire. The best food found consists of the green 

 scrapings (algae, lichens, etc.) from the long used pots holding hot- 

 house plants, though the various filamentous algae serve very well. 

 The mortality on the whole is great. 



Fig. 1. 



III. Analyses of gametic constitutions and the 



INHERITANCE OF COLOUR PATTERNS. 



(1) An analysis and the mheritance of the colour patterns of forvis 

 of the appearance of texanus, leuconotus, leucothorax, and puncto- 

 femorata. 



For convenience, the homozygous forms and their gaincUs will be 

 designated by symbols (letters): texanus by A, leuconotus by B, leuco- 

 thorax by 0, punctofemorata by D, luteolineatus by E, rufrolineatus 

 by F, melanothorax by G, luteonotatus by H, and nigronotatus by I. 



