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Table III. — Egg-laying record of 24 female grape curculios. 



Date. 



Beetle No.- 



12 3 4 5 6 7 



10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 



July 3. 

 4 

 5. 

 6 

 7 

 8. 

 9. 



10. 



11. 



12. 



13. 



14. 



15. 



16. 



17. 



18. 



19. 



20. 



21. 



22. 



23. 



24. 



25. 



26. 



27. 



28. 



29. 



30 



31. 

 Aug. 1 

 2 

 3 

 4. 

 5 

 6 



8 

 9 

 10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



21 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



.30 



31 



Sept. 1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



Total 



10 8] 

 10 8 

 12 12 



6 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 3 

 7 

 3 

 5 

 4 

 1 

 3 

 Oj 







1 



o! o 











295 269 202 378 301 386 271 223 21.', 1111 85 2N6 313 2S5 2 IS 191 282 283, 2 19 285 196 321 262 180 















2 







5 







4 



1 



5 



4 



4 



5 



6 



5 



5 



As indicated in Table III, the total number of eggs laid by the 24 

 females was 6,280. The minimum number laid by an individual was 

 141 and the maximum number 386, the average for the 24 beetles 



