4:08 PROF. E. B. POULTON ON BREEDING 



The eggs produced both males and females of the form lycia 



Dates of 



Emergence. 



1911. 



lycia. 



Male. 



Female. 



March 27 



5 



1 



„ 28 



12 



11 



„ 29 



2 



1 



Totals 



19 



13 



Ihe effect or the male parent was obvious in many specimens, especially 

 m a male emerging March 27, which exhibits the same tendency in higher 

 degree, and approaches commixta, like the 2 males of Company 1 (see 

 p. 404). It must be remembered, however, that these two latter difEer in 

 other respects, belonging, as they do, to an exceptionally dark series. 



Family 3. 



Parent E. The female parent, of the form infuscata, was captured on the 

 river-bank at Idakun. Eggs were laid Feb. 9-10 and hatched Feb. 13-14. 

 The female parent died Feb. 10. 



The eggs produced males and females both of iiifuscata and lycia, which 

 emerged on the following dates : — 



Dates of 



Emergence. 



1911. 



infuscata. 



lycia. 



Male. 



Female. 



Male. 



Female, 



March 18 



1 









„ 20 





2 



1 





„ 21 



1 



3 



1 



1 



„ 22 



1 



1 



2 





„ 23 



1 



3 



2 



1 



„ 24 









4 



„ 25 









4 



„ 26 





1 







„ 27 





1 





2 



„ 29 



1 









1 



Totals 



5 



11 



6 



13 



