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were separated, except for a pair that was found copulating. The 
next day it was found that three females of this lot had deposited 
eggs, and these individuals were placed on eggplants growing in 
flowerpots. One of them was the female with which the male beetle 
had been placed and the male was kept with the female until the 
latter died. The eggs were removed each day and counted. The 
Fic. 3.—Y oung eggplant showing injury by the eggplant tortoise beetle. Reduced. (Orig:nal.) 
female which was paired with the male completed egg laying sooner 
than did the others, although it did not deposit as many eggs as did 
one of the isolated females. Toward the end of the period of oviposi- 
tion a few objects, apparently eggs without the surrounding mem- 
brane, were noted on the leaves in the cages with the isolated female 
beetles. Larve failed to develop from these, however, and they were 
