SEASONAL HISTOBY. 



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Table TI. — Oviposition, feeding, and length of life of individual male and female beetles 

 of Fidia viticida in captivity during the summer of 1909 at North East, Pa. — Cont'd. 



Number of experiment 





8. 



9. 



10. 



11. 



19 













Julys 



July 9 



July 10 



July 10 



July 11 



July 12 





Mated 



July 14 



July 16 

 14 



iJuly 12 



1 to 15 



July 22 



25 



July 25 



51 



July 28 



jjuly 14 



July 19 

 19 



July 20 

 35 



July 14 



July 22 



23 

 July 26 



48 

 July 27 



26 

 Aug. 3 



43 

 Aug. 6 



24 



July 22 



July 27 



22 

 July 29 



15 

 Aug. 3 



28 

 Aug. 5 



25 

 Aug. ^8 



Aug. 9 

 11 



July 28 



Aug. 3 

 35 





Eggs 



Second oviposition 



Eggs 







Third oviposition 







Eggs 





43 







Fourth oviposition 





July 30 



33 

 Aug. 2 



28 

 Aug. 5 



21 

 Aug. 7 



18 

 Aug. 8 



15 

 Aug. 13 



29 







Eggs 









Fifth oviposition 

















Sixth oviposition 









Eggs 











Seventh oviposition 













Eggs 









1 



Eighth oviposition 











Eggs 











Ninth oviposition 





















1 











! 



Death of male 



Aug. 25 

 Aug. 23 



Aug. 10 

 Aug. 23 



July 23 

 July 24 



Aug. 14 



Alljr 2fi 



Sept. 9 

 Aug. 22 



Aug. 14 

 Aug. 6 











13.0 

 1.0 



14.0 

 14.0 

 14.0 

 14.0 

 53.0 

 51.0 



13.0 

 9.0 



15.0 

 29.2 

 51.0 

 263.0 

 32.0 

 45.0 



9.0 

 2.0 



19.0 

 27.0 

 35.0 



12.0 

 5.0 



23.0 

 32.8 

 48 n 



16.0 

 6.0 



11.0 

 18.6 

 28.0 

 112.0 

 60.0 

 42.0 



22.0 

 1.0 



35.0 

 35 



Times of oviposition 



Eggs per cluster: 



Average ! 





35! 



35.0 

 33.0 

 25.0 



Total number of eggs 



54.0 1 164.0 

 13.0 ! 35.0 

 14.0 47.0 





Length of life of female . . 





Number of experiment 



13. 



14. 



15. 



16. 



Totals. 



Average. 



Date of emergence of beetles 



July 12 



July 27 



July 27 



July 30 







Mated 



July 27 

 July 28 



25 

 Aug. 1 



22 

 Aug. 3 



35 

 Aug. 5 



19 

 Aug. 7 



16 

 Aug. 11 



19 

 Aug. 14 



18 

 Aug. 19 



23 

 Aug. 23 



23 





Aug. 6 

 Aug. 7 



20 

 Aug. 8 



22 

 Aug. 13 



Aug. 18 

 39 



Aug. 23 

 28 











First oviposition 



Aug. ^6 



Aug.^ 



Aug. 9 



25 



Aug. 13 



Aug. 14 



37 

 Aug. 17 



46 

 Aug. 19 



16 

 Aug. 20 



19 



Aug. 23 



35 

 Aug. 26 



20 

 Sept. 10 



29 

 Sept. 14 



23 







• Eggs 



416 



26.0 







Eggs 



362 



27.8 







Eggs 



280 



25.5 



Fourth oviposition 





Eggs.. 



294 



26.7 



Fifth oviposition 





Eggs 





158 



22.6 



Sixth oviposition . 







Eggs 







120 



24.0 



Seventh oviposition 









Eggs 







52 



17.3 











Eggs 







57 



19.0 











Eggs 









52 



15.7 

















Aug. 28 



A nor 9.(\ 



Aug. 14 

 Aug. 27 



Sept. 22 

 Aug. 15 







Death of female 



Aue 25 















Days of feeding before oviposition 



16.0 

 9.0 



16.0 



22.2 



35.0 



200.0 



10.0 

 8.0 



8.0 

 31.4 

 57.0 

 251.0 

 32.0 

 30.0 



11.0 

 5.0 



4.0 

 22.6 

 39.0 

 113.0 

 18.0 

 31.0 



24.0 

 4.0 



20.0 

 26.7 

 35.0 

 117.0 

 54.0 

 16.0 



255 



71 



15.9 



Times of oviposition 



4.4 



Eggs per cluster: 

 Minimum 







383.3 



24.0 







Total number of eggs 



1,791 

 553 

 562 



112.0 



Length of life of male 



39.1 



Length of life of female 



44.0 



35.1 







