Jan., '04] 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



The lowest recorded count — not included here, being abnor- 

 mal — was gg. 



" The females lay their eggs, about three hundred in num- 

 ber, in a belt."— C. H. Fernald, Bull. Mass. Hatch. Exp. Sta., 

 No. 12, p. 23. 



". . . . about .s^o eggs, . . ." — Bull. Neb. Exp. Sta., No. 

 14, June, 1890, pp. 25, 29, quatis. 



' ' The eggs are deposited during that month upon the 

 smaller twigs of our fruit trees in ring-like clusters, each com- 

 posed of 15-20 rows, containing in all from two to three hun- 

 dred." — Saunders. " Insects Inj. to Fruit," p. 48. 



" . . . . (about 300 in number) . . . ." — Lugger. Bull. 

 Minn. Agr. Exp. Sta,, No. 61, Dec, '98, p. 192. 



The lowest count recorded is that given in foregoing ; the 

 highest, not mentioned in foregoing because suspected to be 

 the combined eggs from two scales, is 122. The estimates on 

 the nurnber of eggs of this species are about correct. 



Howard, from many counts, gives as the average number of 

 eggs in healthy masses of a closely related species, Mytilaspis 

 pomorum, from 65-75, ^^^ the range from 50-100. 



