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Table III .—Condition of the ovaries of Lepidoptera taken at a light trap, Hagerstown, 
Md., iqi6 —Continued 
noctua c-nigrum— continued 
Date. 
Num¬ 
ber 
taken. 
Condition of 
ovaries. 
Number and development of eggs, a 
Spent. 
Gravid. 
Sept. 2 
2 
0 
2 
Fully developed; not counted. 
14 
2 
2 
0 
18 
3 
1 
2 
Do. 
Oct. 6 
3 
2 
I 
Do. 
FELT! A SPP. 
Aug. 8 
4 
0 
4 
2ooD(e); 2ooD(e); 3ooS(e); 3ooS(e). 
9 
3 
1 
2 
69D; 198D. 
10 
3 
1 
2 
154D; 3°°S(e). 
12 
1 
0 
1 
43 d - 
14 
1 
0 
1 
233 D. 
*5 
3 
1 
2 
73 D; 25oS(e). 
17 
1 
0 
1 
432S. 
x8 
1 
0 
1 
254D. 
19 
1 
0 
1 
238D. 
20 
3 
0 
3 
101D; 154D; 298D. 
21 
14 
1 
*3 
78D; 158D; 149D; 98D; 228S; 4 averaged 288S; 4 
averaged 213D. 
22 
43 
10 
33 
7 averaged 163D; 22 averaged 112D; 4 averaged 
38 
25oS(e). 
2 3 
5 
33 
7 averaged 117D; 20 averaged i3oD(e); 6 averaged 
38 
2 58S(e). 
24 
10 
28 
112D; 183D; 74D; 81D; 218D; 228S; 258S; 16 aver- 
2 S 
28 
6S 
8 
20 
45 
aged ii3D(e); 5 averaged 23oS(e). 
10 averaged 120D; 5 averaged 277S; 21 averaged 
i25D(e); 9 averaged 293S(e). 
258D; 128D; 178D; 151D; 2ooS(e); 2ooS(e). 
2 
6 
3 ° 
75 
16 
59 
128D; 78D; 64D; 159D; 235S; 346S; 271S; 43 aver- 
aged ii5D(e); 9 averaged 2258(e). 
3 i 
57 
3 2 
25 
128D; 174D; 64D; 152D; 137D; 154D; 176D; 8 
Sept. 1 
averaged i2oD(e); 10 averaged 2igS(e). 
33 
6 
27 
221D; 153D; 186D; 131D; 74D; 68D; 18 averaged 
26 
i54D(e); 2ooS(e); 2ooS(e); 468S. 
2 
6 
20 
78D; 153D; 47D; 53D; 5 averaged 100D; 11 averaged 
13611(e). 
4 
11 
10 
1 
141D. 
5 
10 
9 
1 
128D. 
7 * 
11 
7 
4 
18D; 209D; 74D; 199D. 
14 
127 
9 i 
36 
239D; 158D; 95D; 101D; 128D; 86D; 30 averaged 
18 
94 D (e). 
54 
47 
7 
196D; 156D; 116D; 76D; 226S; i2«;D(e); tjoDfe). 
2 i 
37 
29 
8 
86D; 180D; 76D; 226D; 4 averaged 88S(e). 
28 
85 
48 
37 
96D; 126D; 233D; 76D; $6D; 74D; 101D; 30 aver- 
Oct. 6 
aged i2oD(e). 
45 
42 
3 
219D; 48D; 54D. 
- 1 - 
a (e)=> Estimated. 
The one species (Datana ministra) of the Notodontidae is represented 
by 19 females, all of which were gravid. 
Among the Noctuidae all the females of one species (Arsilonche albo - 
venosa) were found to be gravid. One species, Autographa biloba , is 
