MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY IN HAWAII. 71 



Table XIX. — Daily rate of oviposition of the Mediterranean fruit fly in 1914 — Contd. 





Number of eggs deposited. 



Date of oviposition. 



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. 



July 7 













C 1 ) 



2 

 3 

 6 

 2 

 

 9 

 2 

 5 

 2 

 4 

 

 



14 

 



11 

 7 



11 

 5 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 6 

 3 

 7 

 4 

 5 

 2 

 3 

 

 4 

 6 



14 

 3 

 

 4 

 3 

 5 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 6 

 3 

 

 3 

 ( 4 ) 







 9 

 3 

 3 



8 

 4 

 

 3 

 

 

 

 2 

 

 3 

 4 

 7 

 

 

 3 

 

 

 

 

 ( 2 ) 





 2 

 4 

 4 

 2 

 

 

 5 

 3 

 

 4 

 

 

 

 

 

 3 

 

 

 

 2 

 6 

 4 

 4 

 2 

 5 

 5 

 

 2 

 

 



14 

 3 



13 

 

 6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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8 











9 











10 













11.. 













12 













13 













14 













15 













17 













19 













20 













22 













23 













24 













25 













26 













27 













28 













29 







1 





30 











31 

























2 













3 













5 

















6 

















7 

















8 

















9 

















10 

















13 

















14 

















15 

















16 

















17 

















18 

















19 

















21 

















25 

















27 

















28 

















29.. 

















30 

















Sept. 2 

















4 



























. 











Total 



191 



34 



86 



314 



622 



.312 



426 



405 



3 







1 Died on this date; 16 eggs present in abdomen. 



2 Died on this date; no eggs in abdomen. 



3 Died on this date; 2 eggs in abdomen. 



4 Died on this date; 3 eggs in abdomen. 



ABILITY OF FEMALES TO BEGIN OVIPOSITING REGULARLY AFTER A PERIOD OF 

 SEVERAL MONTHS DURING WHICH HOST FRUITS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. 



Females which have been kept in confinement without an oppor- 

 tunity to oviposit in host fruits will begin actively ovipositing when 

 such fruits are made available. Thus, females emerging on Febru- 

 ary 28, 1914, were kept in glass jars until about 4 months old, when, 

 on June 28, they were placed with fruits and a record kept of the 

 eggs deposited. These data secured from 6 females show that for 

 the days on which they oviposited they laid an average of 8.1, 4.6, 0, 

 6.3, 4, and 7.2 eggs. These averages compare favorably with the 

 averages for females given an opportunity to oviposit from the 

 time they were sexually mature until death. Fly No. 1, with its 

 average of 8.1 eggs, deposited 22 eggs on July 26, or when it was 



