412 



PROF. E. B. POULTON ON BREEDING 



The ova of the first batch hatched April 27, and produced 61 female 

 off spring o£ both forms which emerged on the following dates : — 



Dates of 



Emergence. 



1912. 



Female 

 infuscata. 



Female 

 lycia. 



May 24 



2 

 15 



2 



„ 25 



7 





„ 26 



3 



9 





„ '28 



12 



2 



7 



9Q 



•2 



Totals 



34 



27 



The ova of the second batch hatched April 28, and produced 26 female 

 offspring of both forms which emerged on the following dates : — 



Dates of 



Emergence. 



1912. 



Female 

 infuscata. 



Female 

 lycia. 



May 22 







2^ 





„ 25 



1 



3 



,, 26 



4 



9 





,, 27 



2 









., 28 



4 



1 





Totals 



11 



15 



^ These 2 lycia females became respectively the female parents S and Q, see p. 413. 



Both infuscata and li/cia were typical, but the latter varied in the extent 

 of the black pigmentation of the fore wing. 



Famili/ 14. 



Parents R, Q. The male parent R, of the form lycia, captured in Oni 

 Clearing, May 24, 1912, paired May 24 with the female parent Q, of the 



