LIFE HISTORY AND HABITS : THE EGG. 
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Table IX. — Egg-laying records from SO 
plum curcuKoi 
, Siloam Springs, Ark 
, 1908. 
Number of 
?ggs 
laid each week by each beetle. 
No. of individual. 
< 
>> 
J 
* 
a 
a. 
< 
2 
>> 
S3 
3 
>> 
83 
s 
S 
M 
>> 
03 
a 
<u 
C 
- 
(N 
>> 
03 
a 
OS 
CO 
0J 
1 
2 
c 
3 
1 
- 
= 
3 
© 
| 
3 
>> 
3 
3 
ex 
3 
«< 
3 
3 i 
si si 
3 3 
3 
1 
12 
15 
15 
15 
18 
12 
12 
".2 
15 
5 
12 
4 
7 
16 
2 
8 
10 
1 
16 
18 
19 
i 
7 
15 
6 
9 
20 
8 
18 
4 
5 
9 
5 
18 
2 
16 31 
17 38 
13 44 
7 1 
22 
40 
18 
37 
16 
27 
44 
13 
25 
16 
33 
6 
29 
1? 
6 
13 
21 
11 
8 
5 
14 
2 
2 
29' 
3 
213 
2 
31 23 
29 ; 21 
14 8 
1 
11 
281 
3 
4 
41 35 
12 4 
9 
7 
3 
388 
113 
5 
16 
12 
16 
,5 
17 
11 
21 
11 
5 
5 
9 
14 
6 
30 
40 
26 
6 
9 
34 
15 
31 
19 
18 
19 
21 
31 
25 
3 
77 
6 
45 
27 
10 
9 
24 
13 
24 
14 
12 
19 
18 
18 
45 
42 
20 
17 
7 
22 
6 
19 
19 
11 
19 
13 
28 
23 
37 
27 
14 
11 
26 
7 
13 
16 
12 
16 
13 
26 
23 
22 
6 
25 20 
23 14 
14 
16 
18 
11 
7 
4 
6 
8 
1 
4 
309 
7 
245 
8 
66 
9 
59 
10 
26 35 1 4 
21 
4 
14 
268 
11 
2 
7 
11 
12 
6 
8 
11 
1 6 
8 2 
13 8 
2 
3 
83 
12 
155 
13 . 
9 
1 
3 
132 
14... 
26 
9 
* 108 
15... 
? 

120 
16... 
7 4 
30 10 
3 
6 
2 
12 
4 
3 
109 
17 
18 
2 
5 
... 
224 
111 
19 
4 
20 

21 
22.. . 
10 
9 
11 
7 
6 
4 
io' 
10 
6 
13 
n 
23 
24 
20 
34 
18 
30 13 
11 
13 
19 
11 
3 
5 2 
261 
9 
23... 
19 
2 
17 
12 
.20 
20 
6 
15 
19 
19 
29 38 
7 9 
23 14 
38 1 48 
41 37 
7 9 
24 1 19 
30 28 
43 
2 
13 
48 
25 
6 
16 
32 
46 
22 
12 
8 
10 
7 
1 
2 
268 
24 
33 
25 
12 
38 
36 
13 
31 
24 
7 
17 
29 
1 
10 
121 
2G 
27 
6 
14 
13 
9 
1 
8 
8 
2 
1 
2 
10 
.... 
10 
306 
273 
28 
34 
29 
12 
6 
17 
20 
19 
33 
...J 
117 
30 
28 24 10 
9 
9 
2 
237 
Total 
254 
300 
343 
673 619 
545 
536 
350 399 195 Il77 
133 
83 
49 
39 
14 15 
4.724 
No. of individual. 
Date last Date of 
i?„ioiH death of 
egg laid. beetles 
Days under Days on 
observa- which eggs 
tion. were laid. 
Maximum 
number of 
eggs in one 
day. 
Average 
number of 
eggs per 
day. 
1 
July 18 i£* J 
170 \ a, 
11 
10 
12 
10 
3.13 
2 
July 23 
Aug. 16 
July 17 
May 18 
July 30 
Aug. 4 
June 12 
June 8 
July 13 
July 31 
June 24 
July 18 
June 23 
June 26 
Aug. 4 
Aug. 6 
June 2 
May 17 
lUCl. Zi. 
183 
72 
99 
3.90 
3 
3.92 
4 
57 
21 
78 
83 
30 
31 
75 
45 
} » 
60 
48 
53 
50 
28 
2 

92 
} 3 
} » 
21 
46 
78 
ig 
a 
:;? 
I.M 
5 
10 3.66 
6 
12 3.96 
7 
8 2.95 
8 
July 172 
Sept. Hi 
July 14* 
»86 
1 142 
2 83 
5 2.20 
9 
5 1.90 
10 
8 3. 57 
11 
5 1 M 
12 
/June 28i " 67 
Uune 29 « *68 
7 2.92 
13 
8 2 20 
14 
June 28 » 
June 29 2 
2 67 
»68 
5 - 
15 
5 
16 
5 
17 
7 3 25 
18 
10 
19 
::::;:::::r 
3 2.00 
20 

21 
Aug. 13 
Apr. 26 
July 27 
Mav 28 
S 2. S4 
22 
/Aug. 31 
\Sept. 1 
/Sept 7 
\Oct. 6 
131 
132 
138 
168 
4 3 00 
23 
24 
10 3. 52 
3 1. 57 
25 July 17 
5 2. 63 
26 1 Aug. 19 
27 Aug. 4 
Aug. 30 
130 
U 3.92 
12 3. M 
28 July 14 
6 1.79 
29 June 8 
6 
30 July 21 

9 3. 24 
Male. 
* Female. 
