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Family 9. 



Parent L. The female parent, of the form lycia, was captured in Oni 

 Olearino- on May 8, 1912. Eggs were laid May 9, and the butterfly died 

 May 11. 



The eggs produced on June 13, 2 female offspring, of which 1 was 

 infuscata and 1 lycia. The latter is noticeably darker than its parent. 



Family 10. 



Parent M. The female parent, a rather dark lycia, was captured in Oni 

 Clearing on June 1, 1912. Eggs were laid June 2, and the butterfly died 

 June 4. 



The eggs produced 12 female offspring of the form lycia, of which 

 5 emerged July 14 and 7 July 15. 



The offspring are uniformly dark like the female parent. 



Family 11. 



Parent N. The female })arent, of the form infuscata, was captured in Oni 

 Clearing, June 1, 1912. Eggs were laid June 2, and the butterfly died 

 June 5. 



The eggs produced 26 female offspring, of which 12 were infuscata and 

 14 lycia. Emergence took place on ihe following dates : — July 12, infuscata 

 11, lycia 12 ; July 17, infuscata \, lycia 1 ; July 18, lycia 1. 



Family 12. 



Parent 0. The female parent, of the form lycia, was captured in Oni 

 Clearing on June 8, 1912. Eggs were laid on June 8-9, and the butterfly 

 died June 10. 



The eggs produced 41 female offspring, all of the form lycia, which 

 emerged as follows : — July 13, eighteen ; July 17, six ; July 18, fourteen : 

 July 19, three. 



Family 13. 



Parent P. The female parent, of the form lycia, was captured at the 

 edge of the lagoon near Oni Clearing on April 19, 1912. The larvae 

 produced by the first batch of ova, laid April 21, were reared separately from 

 those of the second batch, laid April 22. The parent died April 24. 



