10 BULLETIN" 730, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table III. — Egg-laying record of 24 female grape curculios. 



Date. 



Beetle No. 



10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 



July 3. 



4. 

 5. 

 6. 



8^ 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 28. 

 29. 

 30. 

 31. 

 Aug. 1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6 



8. 



9. 



10. 



11 



12. 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



31 



Sept. 1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



Total 



10 



10 



9| 9; 



9! 10 



9 7! 



12 10 



9 8 



8, 8 



101 8 



10 8 



12 12 



9 8 



10 9 



6 5 



6 7 



12 8 



0. 

 



10 



11 11 



8 11 

 8| 11 

 10| 12 

 10 12 

 10 10 



12 12 





 









 

 3 

 

 

 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 11 

 8| 9 

 61 8 



6 10 

 8 10 

 8 10 



7 in 

 5 10 



8 

 11 

 in 

 12 



10 





 

 

 

 

 



1 



2 

 

 3 

 3 



8 7 



7 9 



9 5 



11 12 

 9 9 



8 7 

 10 10 



6j 6 



12 11 

 9 



295 269 202 378 301 386 274 223 245 141 185 286 313 285 248 191 282 283 249 285 196 321 262 1801 6, 280 



7! 6 

 10 7 

 8 



12 





 







2 



° 



5 



\ 



5 



4 1 

 4 

 5 



13 



As indicated in Table III, the total number of eggs laid by the 24 

 females was 6,280. The minimum number laid by an individual was 

 141 and the maximum number 386, the average for the 24 beetles 



