6 Department Circular 288, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Table 1. — Megalopyge opercidaris: Pupal period, oviposition, and incubation at 



Dallas, Tex. 



Date cocoons were spun or 

 collected. 



Sept. 19. 

 Dec. 7. 

 Spun: 



Oct. 20. 

 29. 



Oct. 31. 



1920. 



July 3. . 



20.. 



Collected: 



July 30. 



30. 



Aug. 4. . 



Period of adult 

 emergence. 



1914. 

 Collected: 



Aug. 27 Aug. 31 to Oct. 7. 



27 Sept. 5 to Sept. 6. 



Sept. 21 to July 18. 

 May 3 



May 5 to May 8 . . 

 Apr. 24 



May 30 (before) . 



Aug. 7. 

 Aug. 17 



July 31 to Aug. 18. 

 July 31 to Aug. 26. 

 Aug. 6 to Aug. 26. 



Period from 

 spinning or 

 collecting to 

 emergence. 



Number of moths. 



Days. 

 4to41+.. 

 9 to 10+.. 

 2 to 302 + . 

 147+ 



197 to 200+ . 

 177 



211- 



Male. 



1 to 19+. 

 lto27+- 



2 to 22+. 



Fe- Sex not 

 male, known. 



First 



o\iposi- 



tion. 



Sept. 

 Sept. 



May 7 



Aug. 1 



...do 



Aug. 7 



First 

 hatch- 

 ing. 



Sept. 



Aug. 7 

 5 



