OBSERVATIONS ON THE BIONOMICS OF STEGOMYIA FASCIATA. 



Experiment No. VIII. — -cont. 



221 



Date. 



Range of 

 temperature. 



Arm offered at 



1-2 p.m. 



8-9 p.m. 



May 



12 





13 





U 





15 





IG 





17 



June 



18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



24 

 25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



31 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 

 6 



r 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 

 13 



79-83 

 79-83 

 78-84 

 77-82 

 78-83 

 79-85 

 80-85 

 79-83 

 80-84 

 80-84 

 77-83 

 77-83 



75-81 



77-81 

 78-82 

 78-82 

 77-82 

 77-81 

 76-80 



76-83 



77-83 



E. 



79-83 



R. 



77-82 



R. 



75-80 



R. 



77-80 



R. 



79-83 



R. 



78-82 



R. 



76-2 



R. 



77-80 



R. 



77-81 



R. 



76-81 



R. 



77-83 



R. 



R. 

 R. 

 R. 

 R. 

 R. 

 R. 

 R. 

 R. 

 R. 

 R. 

 R. 

 R. 



R. 

 R. 

 R. 

 R. 

 R. 

 R. 

 R. 



R. 



A male 8. meialUca in- 

 troduced at 11 a.m. 



Male S. metallica re- 

 moved. Pairing had 

 never been observed 

 to take place. A male 

 S. f aetata put in in- 

 stead. This mosquito 

 had only hatched this 

 morning, and had had 

 no opportunity of 

 feeding. Honey re- 

 moved from the ja'*, 

 so that male has only 

 water to drink. 



A very few eggs (5 or 6) 

 this morning. 



More eggs this morning. 

 June 11 were fertile, 

 June 16th. 



R. 



Fed. 



R. 



Fed. 



R. 



R. 



R. 



R. 



Fed slightly. 



R. 



R. 



R. 



R. 

 R. 



Fed slightly. 



Fed slightly. 



R. 



R. 



R. 



Fed. 



R. 



R. 



R. 



Fed slightly. 



R. 

 R. 



Fed slightly. 



R. 



R. 



R. 



Fed. 



R. 



These eggs, and those laid on 

 and hatched into larvae on 



(C205) 



