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‘Tasie 6.—Data on colonies of Mexican bean beetles in hibernation, winter of 
1921—22—Continued. i 
GROUP 5. 
[72 beetles in original colony, marked green on right wing cover, December 13, 1921.] 
| Dead beetles. 
Number of | Number of See ey ta 
Date. painted | unpainted ] 
beetles. beetles. Painted. Unpainted. 
1921 
ie, Tas Dy SCR Sa ye ee 70 On| Pteetese sa Ss So ae 
1922. 
iit, Se Gags a8 6a eee eee Bans 5, JEN SE Tew Se DOSIRON EG! lon ANUG ENS |. aes ba eeallbagmoscaoce - 
GROUP 6. 
[103 beetles in original colony, marked red (eosin) on right wing cover, December 13, 1921.] 
1921 
Som pers Si at oe ete ee ee litas ot Dae ceeee al 96 Oe ee RE Sores (2 CEE 
1922. : 
DIL. 2 Bp OGR Se Netarto Re SEE eRe Seen ae ene ie pe 85 4 3 0 
| Ei Lee aes ie eee hee Peete oe 2.0 See eee 2 ee A a men 69 1 4 0 
StL. PA Sees eee Se es See oe 68 2 + 0 
PE. RS SE Se gO oes hie ER a RS ee gen rr 65 0 0 0 
PED 2AY Sees A Sees eae ee eee 64 0 0 0 
obs [ SSeB SEN GRRE ene ar are pel es Seen ees eee 57 3 0 0 
(itll, LE Ss Sees See RS RES LE ES Se 2 oo eee eee eS eee hae 51 1 0 0 
Ld hc Bae 2 Ee Sada Se ewe SOREL NC es O Cee eee temas 40 3 1 0 
ET BS a SR aca chs oe hy a 18 | 1 | 0 1 
pth ites eR ieee A aes eee) ara iew - 3 1 | 0 1 
“EA LO ghee Bete Se ee i es ea pee 0 0 | 0 0 
~Tasie 7.—Data on colonies of Mexican bean beetles in hibernation, winter of 
1922-23 (through Feb. 9, 1923). 
GROUP 7. 
[25 beetles in original colony, in space 3 feet by 5 feet, Oct. 3, 1922.] 
Number of 
Date. beetles 
present. 
1922. 
DT, Dose d dee e adic tay oe CeCe re eee pee es ee ee ee eee 8 
MF, Bs On Bie se sesas dy 55455 Gea Ble See Oe Iey tease ee ce oe 3 
(TF: ses sob oe cae che ee SEES See Same Pe ic Naar ee OE 4 
DY, Peck ddes Bathnsestes = ae eM SRI SE ese pte a ete at ea cede Bem acre 4 
EEL Se SP aS Se SR Se © SO gare me eae ee eee 4 
GROUP 8. 
{ 61 beetlesin original colony, in space 4 feet square, Dec. 4, i922.] 
1922. 
PE, LHW Ge SSL BLE 5 PT SR Se ee a Se ee SR 16 
