16 INSECTS AFFECTING VEGETABLE AND TRUCK CROPS. 
dilute honey. She fed eagerly on the honey sirup, and on September 
19. 1:23- eggs were deposited. The record is as follows : 
September 19 First eggs deposited. 
September 24 Eggs hatched. 
November 4 ~ First larvae reached maturity. 
November 10 First pupa? formed. 
May 16. 1912 First adults issued. 
From the foregoing records the stages are as follows : 
Day?. 
Egg stage 5 
Larval stage 47 
Pupal stage . 1ST 
Total 239 
The moths which issued May 16 were placed in a cage and fed with 
dilute honey. The first eggs were deposited May 20. The record is 
as follows : 
First generation. 
May 16 Moths issued. 
May 20 First eggs deposited. 
May 25 Eggs batched. 
Juue 12 First larva? reached maturity. 
June 16 First pupae formed. 
July 5 First adults issued. 
From the foregoing records the stages are as follows : 
Days. 
Egg stage 5 
Larval stage 22 
Pupal stage 19 
Total 46 
The moths which issued July 5 were placed in a separate cage and 
the first eggs were deposited July 11. The record follow-: 
<"/ generation. 
July 3 Moths issued. 
July 11 First eggs deposited. 
July 17 Eggs hatched. 
August 2 Larva reached maturity. 
August 5 First pupa? formed. 
August 2<» First adults issued. 
From the foregoing records the stages are as follow-: 
Day?. 
Egg stage 6 
Larval stage 19 
Pupal stage 15 
Total 40 
