THE HAWAIIAN BEET WEBAVORM. 5 
From the above record the stages are as follows: 
Days. 
Egg stage 4 
Larval stage 11 
Pupal stage * : 7 
Total 22 
SECOND GENERATION. 
September 16 Adults issued. 
September 18 • First eggs deposited. 
September 22 The eggs batched. 
October 3 First larva? reached maturity. 
October 5 First larvae pupated. 
October 15 First adults issued. 
From the above record the stages are as follows: 
Days. 
Egg stage 4 
Larval stage 13 
Pupal stage 10 
Total 27 
THIRD GENERATION. 
October 15 Adults issued. 
October 17 1 First eggs deposited. 
October 21 _The eggs hatched. 
November 1 First larvae reached maturity. 
November 3 First larva? pupated. 
November 12 First adults issued. 
November 13 ' More adults issued. 
From the above record the stages are as follows : 
Days. 
Egg stage 4 
Larval stage !__j 13 
Pupal stage 9 
Total 2(1 
Curiously enough the first moths. 10 in number, which issued No- 
vember 12. failed to deposit any eggs, so the first eggs deposited by 
moths which issued the following day (Nov. 13) were retained to 
commence the succeeding generation. 
FOURTH GENERATION. 
November 13 Adults issued. 
November 16 ^ First eggs deposited. 
November 20 The eggs hatched. 
December 2 First 1 a rvte reached maturity. 
December 5 First larva? pupated. 
December IT First adults issued. 
8481°— Bull. 109, pt. 1—11 2 
