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BULLETIN 536, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XIX. — Daily rate of oviposition of the Mediterranean fruit. Jly in 1914- 

 [Females emerged on Apr. 1, 1914, and were, placed with fruit on Apr. 14, 1914.] 



Number of eggs deposited. 



Bate of oviposition. 1 



Fly 

 No. 1. 



Fly 

 No. 2. 



Flv 

 No.*3. 



Fly 

 No. 4. 



Fly 



No."5. 



Fly 

 No.'6. 



Fly 

 No.'7. 



Fly 

 No. 8. 



Fly 

 No." 9. 



Apr. 16 



17 to 20 



3 



14 

 

 

 



11 

 

 



25 

 2 

 8 

 9 

 9 

 



17 

 4 



14 

 8 

 8 

 5 

 8 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 

 5 



10 

 4 

 5 

 

 

 

 9 

 1 

 

 

 

 

 5 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







7 

 

 

 7 

 8 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 4 

 

 4 

 

 

 

 

 4 

 ( 2 ) 





 11 

 



7 

 13 

 6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 20 

 2 

 19 

 2 

 6 



( 3 ) 







24 

 

 

 

 

 

 3 

 

 

 

 

 

 2 

 

 

 

 

 5 

 

 



13 

 

 

 

 

 4 



18 

 4 

 9 



15' 

 3 

 9 



12 

 9 

 8 



13 

 9 

 3 

 7 

 4 



18 

 



15 

 6 



12 

 

 7 

 4 

 

 

 

 

 

 4 



10 

 4 



10 

 

 

 

 5 



16 

 6 

 

 3 



10 

 3 













 19 

 

 

 13 

 16 

 17 

 25 

 12 

 

 19 

 9 

 7 

 

 7 



10 

 7 



10 

 5 

 11 

 

 3 

 5 

 6 

 2 

 5 

 6 

 3 

 2 

 6 

 9 

 3 

 3 

 

 6 

 3 

 5 

 12 

 3 

 8 

 6 

 11 

 



5 

 7 

 6 

 2 

 2 

 7 

 9 

 6 

 

 6 

 4 



10 

 

 2 

 9 

 7 

 9 

 6 



14 

 5 

 2 





 

 4 

 6 

 8 







14 















15 



16 



19 











12 



3 



7 



6 



3 



4 



8 



2 



6 



6 



4 



3 







9 



2 







10 



1 



3 



2 







5 



14 



8 



13 



10 



6 



4 



4 











15 



1 



8 



11 



11 



. 3 



4 



7 



2 



4 



5 







3 



12 







(.'■>) 











5 





 14 





 23 

 19 







9 



2 



1 



4 



2 







8 

 11 



9 



6 



8 



3 



3 



3 



3 



9 



1 



4 



4 



3 







5 



3 



7 



10 

 21 



5 

 14 



7 



3 



6 



4 

 15 





 12 



1 



9 



3 



7 



1 



7 



5 











3. 















9 

 12 



3 







12 

 

 6 

 2 



7 

 3 

 8 

 2 

 4 





 

 

 2 

 • 



20 

 



13 

 

 

 8 

 

 3 

 

 

 

 

 

 1 



14 

 

 8 

 9 



11 

 8 

 9 

 4 

 7 

 3 

 3 

 8 

 4 

 7 

 4 

 8 

 5 

 6 

 2 

 9 

 5 

 3 



12 

 1 

 9 

 2 

 6 

 6 

 

 8 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 8 

 4 

 9 

 5 

 



12 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 2 

 2 

 8 

 1 

 1 

 6 

 3 

 





 



20 to 22 







22 to 24 







25 to 26 







27 to 28 







29 to 30 







Mav lto3 







4 to 5 



3 



6 







7 



8 





 



9 



10 



8:::::::::::::::::::::: 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



18 







19 : 







20 







21 







22 







23 



24 



25 





 

 



26 







27 







28 







29 







30 











31.. 





















2 











3 









4 

















6 









7 









8 









9 



i 







10 .. 





(*) 



11 









12 . 









13 . 









14... 











15... 











16 .. 











17 . 









18... 









19... 1 









20 ! 









21 









22 









23 1 









24... I 









25 1 









26 









27 











28 











29 











30 











July 1 











2 





















4 











5 











6 











1 Dates on which none of the flies oviposited are omitted from the table. 



2 Died on this date; 30 eggs present in abdomen. 



3 Escaped on this date. 

 * Died on this date. 



'■' Died on I his dale; IS eggs present in abdomen. 



