142 Bulletin de la Société Royale Entomologique d'Egypte 
The few females (good enough to be kept) obtained 
from fertilized egg-cases laid about the same date as 
the above, that is early in July, also lived on until 
June or the beginning of July 1917 and some of them 
laid egg-cases, from which, however, no young emer¬ 
ged. 
The other females, many of which did not reach 
the final moult until April or May, also died in June 
or July; some of them laid egg-cases from which young 
emerged even when they had not been fertilized. 
From these meagre data, we can only conclude 
that, if the virginity of the parent has any influence 
on the length of the adults’ life, it is not of any great 
extent. 
SUMMARY. 
The data studied in this note show that virginity 
affects the females of Miomantis Savignyi and their 
progeny in various ways. The results, being due to 
the same cause, are necessarily correlated and we hope 
at some future time to publish further details showing 
to what extent these results throw light on the bio¬ 
nomics of the species. 
In this note I have attempted to keep each section 
distinct, and to save space by including in the tables 
only the essential facts. No fact contrary to my deduc¬ 
tions has been omitted and the publication of the 
omitted data would show that, where there is a dif¬ 
ference, the effects of virginity may be much greater 
than in the cases chosen to illustrate the argument. 
