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The MECHA2fisM of EvoijTjtion in Leptinotabsa 



Table 25. — Observed frequency of occurrence of the different types of variation in 

 spot o in each of the colonies during ten successive " generations." 



Observed shape and direction of spot c. 



Absent. 



Small. 



Large. 



c->-d. 



c + d. 



c->-e. 



if 



c + e. 



it 



Basoco Colony: 



June, 1904 



August, 1904 



June, 1906 



August, 1905 



July, 1906 



September, 1906 



July, 1907 



August, 1907 



June, 1908 



August, 1908 



Quauhtemotzin Colony 



June, 1904 



August, 1904 



June, 1905 



August, 1905 



July, 1906 



September, 1906 



July, 1907 



August, 1907 



June, 1908 



August, 1908 



San Antonio Colony: 



June, 1904 



August, 1904 



June, 1905 



August, 1905 



July, 1906 



September, 1906 



July, 1907 



August, 1907 



June, 1908 



August, 1908 



17 

 24 

 51 

 106 

 77 

 15 

 49 

 74 

 10 

 92 



142 



171 

 86 



105 

 88 

 21 

 55 

 71 

 45 



109 



71 

 121 

 59 

 50 

 92 

 46 

 31 

 100 

 18 

 77 



171 



186 

 77 



118 

 71 

 37 

 95 

 83 

 21 



109 



214 



186 

 92 

 77 

 31 

 36 

 67 



175 

 56 



211 



281 



145 



314 



49 



86 



92 



55 



210 



37 



88 



39 

 51 



5 

 29 

 14 

 10 

 34 

 41 

 15 



4 



12 

 19 

 4 

 10 

 25 

 15 

 10 

 36 

 12 

 71 



31 

 15 

 3 

 2 

 5 

 2 

 15 



1 

 4 

 19 

 5 

 6 



14 



19 



71 



3 



14 



19 



4 



6 



4 



10 



4 



7 



3 



14 



2 

 17 

 4 

 7 

 9 

 17 



2 

 3 



2 



