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BULLETIN" 536, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XIX. — Daily rate of oviposition of the Mediterranean fruit fly in 1914. 

 [Female? emerged on Apr. 4, 1914, and were placed with fruit on Apr. 14, 1914.1 





Number of eggs deposited. 



Date of oviposition. 1 



Fly 

 No. 1. 



Fly 

 No/2. 



Flv 



No/3. 



Fly 

 No. 4. 



Fly 

 No. 5. 



Fly 

 No."6. 



Fly 

 No/7. 



Fly 

 No. 8. 



Fly 

 No.*9. 



Apr.16 



17 to 20 



3 



14 

 

 

 



11 

 

 



25 

 2 

 8 

 9 

 9 

 



17 

 4 



14 

 8 

 8 

 5 

 8 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 

 5 



10 

 4 

 5 

 

 

 

 9 

 1 

 

 

 

 



. 5 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 7 

 

 

 7 

 8 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 4 

 

 4 

 

 

 

 

 4 

 ( 2 ) 







11 







7 



13 

 6 

 

 

 

 

 

 



2 





 

 

 

 

 

 



o 



- 

 

 

 



20 

 2 



19 

 2 

 6 

 ( 3 ) 







24 

 

 

 

 

 

 3 

 

 

 

 

 

 2 

 

 

 

 

 5 

 

 



13 

 

 

 

 

 4 



18 

 4 

 9 



15 

 3 

 9 



12 

 9 

 8 



13 

 9 

 3 



4 

 18 





 15 



6 

 12 







4 

 

 

 

 

 

 4 



10 

 4 



10 

 

 

 

 5 



16 

 6 

 

 3 



10 

 3 





 





 19 









 13 

 16 

 17 

 25 

 12 





 19 



9 







10 

 7 



10 

 5 



11 

 

 3 

 5 

 6 

 2 

 5 



3 

 2 

 6 

 9 

 3 

 3 

 

 6 

 3 

 5 



12 

 3 

 8 

 6 



11 

 



5 



6 

 2 

 2 



• 9 

 6 

 

 6 

 4 



10 

 

 2 

 9 



9 

 6 

 14 

 5 

 2 





 

 4 

 6 

 3 





 14 

 

 

 

 15 

 16 

 19 

 

 

 12 

 3 

 7 

 6 

 3 

 4 

 8 

 2 

 6 

 6 

 4 

 3 

 

 9 

 2 

 

 10 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 

 5 

 14 

 8 

 13 

 10 

 6 

 4 

 4 

 

 

 15 

 1 

 8 

 11 

 11 

 3 

 4 



2 

 4 

 5 

 

 3 

 12 







( 5 ) 







9 



o 

 



14 

 



23 



19 

 

 9 

 2 

 1 

 4 

 2 

 

 8 



11 

 9 

 6 

 8 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 9 

 1 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 

 5 

 3 



10 



21 

 ' 5 



14 

 7 

 3 

 6 

 4 



15 

 



12 

 1 

 9 

 3 



1 



5 

 

 

 3 

 

 

 

 9 

 12 



1 



12 

 

 6 

 2 



3 

 4 







o 





 2 

 



20 

 



13 

 

 

 8 

 

 3 

 

 

 

 

 

 1 



14 

 

 8 

 9 



11 

 8 

 9 

 4 

 7 

 3 

 3 

 8 

 4 



4 

 8 

 5 

 6 

 2 

 9 

 5 

 3 



12 

 1 

 9 

 2 

 6 

 6 

 

 8 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 8 

 4 

 9 

 5 

 



12 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 2 

 2 

 8 

 1 

 1 

 6 

 3 

 











20 to 22 







22 to 24 







25 to 26 



o 



27 to 28 



o 



29 to 30 



o 



May lto3 



o 



4 to 5 



3 



6 :- 







7 



8 



9 







s 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 : 



15 



16 





 

 

 

 

 



o 



17 







18 



o 



19 







20 



o 



21 



o 



22 



o 



23 







24 



o 



25 







26 



Q 



27 



o 



28 



29 







o 



30 





o 



31 





o 







o 



2 



1 



o 



3 





o 



4 : 





o 



5 





o 



6 





o 











8 





o 



9 





o 



10 





( 4 ) 



11 







12 . 









13 









14 . 











15 











16 











17 









18 | 









19 1 









20... | 









21 .... 

















23 :::::::::::::::::::: i . :: . .:: : 









24 









25... 

















27 j 

















29 









30 









Julv 1 . . 











2 











3 











4 



















6 





! 





1 Dates on which none of the flies oviposited are omitted from the table. 



2 Died on this date; 30 eggs present in abdomen. 



3 Escaped on this date. 

 * Died on this date. 



5 Died on this date; 15 eggs present in abdomen. 



