August, *18] 
PARKER: CHLOROPISCA GLABRA HABITS 
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Number of Eggs 
Egg laying records of isolated females were not made. Dissections 
of 30 females having the abdomen filled with well developed ova were 
made. The least number of eggs found in one specimen was 32, the 
largest number 64 and the average was 52. 
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Fig. 14. Chloropisca glabra Meig. 1, Larva; 2, Puparium, dorsal view; 3, Puparium, 
ventral view; 4, Anterior spiracle of larva; 5, Anal spiracle of larva; 6, Egg; 7, 
Cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton; 8, Larva feeding upon sugar-beet root louse. All 
figures greatly enlarged. 
