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J. W. SCOTT MACFIE. 



Experiment No. III. — cont. 



Date. 



Range of 

 temperature. 



Arm offered at 



Dayliglit, 1-2 p.m. 



Dark, 8-9 p.m. 



Mar. 29 

 .. 30 



„ 31 



April 1 



2 



9 

 10 

 11 



12 

 13 

 14 



15 



80-85° F. 



78-86 



80-83 



79-85 

 81-85 



78-85 



77-84 

 78-85 



80-86 

 80-84 

 79-82 



80-84 

 80-85 

 79-82 



78-84 

 80-85 

 81-85 



81-85 



Fed. More eggs present by 

 7 a.m. 



— • Newly hatched male 

 added. 



— ■ Female found on the 

 water in the jar this 

 morning, and rescued. 



— Much the same. 



R. Seven eggs laid between 

 8 and 9 p.m. — Batch 

 XI. Male dead. 



Fed. No eggs at 6 p.m. Eggs 

 found at 7.30 p.m. — 

 Batch XII. 



Fed. Eggs laid between 2 and 

 5 p.m.— Batch XIII. 



Fed. Six eggs laid between 

 5 and 6 p.m. ; twenty - 

 three more before 6.30 

 p.m.— Batch XIV. No 

 more eggs by 8 p.m. 



Fed. Three eggs laid between 

 1 and 2 p.m.; at 4p.m. 

 no more, but over 

 twenty present at 

 6 p.m. ; no more at 

 8 p.m.— Batch XV. 



— Female very feeble, but 

 still alive. 



Female found dead in the 

 evening. 



Experiment No. IV. 



Feb. 24. — A male and a female 8tegomyia fasciata, hatched this afternoon, isolated in a 



glass jar under the usual conditions, but fed only on honey. 

 March 1. — Male dead ; replaced by another newly hatched male. 

 4. — Male dead ; replaced by another newly hatched male. 

 „ 6. — 7-8 a.m. Arm offered for the first time ; female fed on blood immediately. 

 Eggs found this morning — Batch I. Arm offered ; female fed at 



10.— 7-8 a.m. 



once. 

 13._7_8 a.m. 



once. 

 16.-7-8 a.m. 



Eggs found this morning — Batch II. Arm offered ; female fed at 

 Eggs found this morning — Batch III. Arm offered ; female fed. 



but not very fully. Male died. 



