DEVELOPMENT AND IMMATURE STAGES. 139 



RECOEDS or REARING HISTIOGASTEE ENTOMOPHAGUS. 



Cell 5. 



1900. 



Nov. 22. Put three inert first nymphs into this cell. 



23. Two have emerged and are now second nymphs. 



30. The two are active; the third, which did not emerge, is 



dead. 



Dec. 2. The two are feeding, half buried in the food. 

 3. One appears inert, but is not quite so. 

 4. Both are quite lively. 

 5. One appears inert, the other lively. 

 6. Both are quite lively. 

 7. Lost one of them, the other is sluggish. 

 8. The remaining one is inert (torpid). (It remained so until 



the 13th December inclusive.) 



14. Has suddenly become quite lively, it does not look newly 

 emerged, there is not any cast skin. I have examined it, 

 it is not adult. (It continued active until the 22nd inclu- 

 sive.) 



23. It is very still, not quite inert. 

 25. Is inert (torpid). (It continued so until 15th January, 



1901.) 

 1901. 



Jan. 15. It has shifted its position, but still seems torpid. (It con- 

 tinued so until 24th January, when the position in the 

 cell was again altered, but it still seemed inert and con- 

 tinued so until April 12th.) 



April 12. Has become active, have examined it ; it is not adult, there 

 is not any cast skin, it does not look newly emerged. (It 

 continued active until April 17th inclusive.) 

 18. Is nearly inert, not quite. 

 20. Is inert. (It continued so until 26th.) 

 26. Has emerged. It is an adult . 



Cell 8. 



1900. 



Nov. 23. Put one inert first nymph into this cell. 



25. It has undergone ecdysis, and is a second nymph. Cast 



skin there. (It continued active until 28th, when it 



buried itself in the food, where it remained until December 



3rd inclusive.) 

 Dec. 4. It has emerged from the food and is grown and active. 



(It continued so until 10th.) 

 10. Looks sluggish. (It continued becoming more sluggish 



until 12th.) 



12. Less sluggish, feeding. (Continued active until 15th.) 

 16. Very sluggish, not inert. 



17. Apparently inert. (It continued so until 20th inclusive.) 

 21. Is moving, not lively, does not look newly emerged, no cast 



skin. (It continued lively until 24th.) 



