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were separated, except for a pair that was fouiid copulating. The 

 next day it was found that three females of this lot had deposited 

 eggs, and these individuals were placed on eggplants growing in 

 flowerpots. One of them was the female with which the male beetle 

 had been placed and the inpe was kept with the female until the 

 latter died. Tlie eggs were removed each day and counted. The 



FiG. 3. — Young eggplant showing injury Ijy the eggplant tortoise beetle, lleduced. (Original.) 



femuh; wiiich was paired with the male completed egg laying sooner 

 than did the others, although it did not deposit as many eggs as did 

 one of the Isolated females. Toward the end of the period of oviposi- 

 tion a few objects, apparently eggs without tlio surrounding mem- 

 brane, were noted on the Iciaves in the cages with the isolated female 

 beetles. Larvae failerl to develop from these, however, and they were 



