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Table II. —Number of eggs laid each day by 100 pairs of Bruchus quadrimaculatus 
given water, honey, sugar water, and nothing; also the number and percentage of 
these eggs which hatched and emerged from each group 
Day 
Water 
Honey 
Num¬ 
ber 
of eggs 
Num¬ 
ber 
hatched 
Per 
cent 
hatched 
Number 
emerged 
Per cent 
emerged 
Num¬ 
ber 
of eggs 
Num¬ 
ber 
hatched 
Per 
cent 
hatched 
Number 
emerged 
Per cent 
emerged 
1st. 
386 
325 
84. 20 
291 
75. 39 
379 
305 
80. 47 
282 
74.41 
2d.. 
330 
263 
79. 70 
228 
69.09 
335 
275 
82. 09 
255 
76.12 
3d.. 
245 
198 
80.82 
183 
74. 69 
239 
201 
84. 10 
191 
79. 92 
4th. 
195 
159 
81. 54 
141 
72.31 
179 
135 
75. 42 
126 
70.39 
5th... 
158 
133 
84.18 
124 
78. 48 
149 
106 
71.14 
94 
63. 08 
6 th_ 
163 
136 
83. 44 
127 
77.91 
156 
101 
64. 74 
95 
60. 90 
7th... 
180 
137 
76.11 
127 
70. 56 
165 
110 
66. 67 
105 
63. 64 
8th..... 
1C8 
86 
79. 63 
82 
75. 93 
144 
91 
63. 19 
85 
59. 03 
9th... 
131 
87 
66.41 
85 
64. 89 
132 
88 
66. 67 
80 
60.61 
10th.. 
117 
81 
69. 23 
77 
65. 81 
114 
66 
57. 89 
62 
54. 39 
11th.. 
114 
86 
75. 44 
79 
69.30 
113 
72 
63. 72 
65 
57. 52 
12th. 
114 
82 
71. 93 
73 
64. 04 
103 
65 
63. 11 
58 
56. 31 
13th... 
114 
73 
64. 04 
66 
57. 89 
106 
72 
67. 92 
64 
60. 38 
14th.. 
109 
77 
70. 64 
65 
59. 63 
104 
71 
68. 27 
63 
60. 58 
15th.. 
119 
67 
56. 30 
62 
52.10 
107 
60 
56. 07 
52 
48. 60 
16th... 
84 
31 
36. 90 
25 
29. 76 
102 
63 
61.76 
55 
53. 92 
17th.. 
77 
21 
27. 27 
20 
25. 97 
61 
29 
47. 54 
20 
32. 79 
18th. 
47 
10 
21. 28 
7 
14. 89 
63 
34 
53. 97 
23 
36.51 
19th__. 
32 
7 
21.87 
6 
18. 75 
48 
19 
39. 58 
12 
25.00 
20th.. 
21 
1 
4. 76 
1 
4. 76 
46 
23 
50.00 
18 
39.13 
21st... 
5 
0 
41 
18 
43. 90 
14 
34.15 
22d... 
5 
0 
28 
11 
39. 29 
6 
21.43 
23d... 
2 
0 
17 
3 
17.65 
3 
17. 65 
24th. 
0 
17 
9 
52. 94 
5 
29. 41 
25th. 
2 
6 
11 
4 
36. 36 
2 
18.18 
26th. 
1 
0 
8 
2 
25. 00 
1 
12. 50 
27th.. 
1 
0 
8 
1 
12. 50 
0 
28th. 
3 
0 
6 
0 
29th.. 
1 
0 
3 
0 
30th. 
1 
0 
5 
0 
31st. 
2 
0 
1 
0 
32d_ 
1 
0 
0 
33d. 
0 
5 
0 
34th... 
0 
0 
35th. 
1 
0 
0 
36th. 
0 
1 
0 
37th. 
1 
0 
o 
38th__ 
0 
0 
39th.. 
2 
0 
o 
40th... 
0 
1 
1 
0 
41st... 
0 
0 
42d._. 
0 
0 
43d.. 
0 
o 
44th... 
0 
°0 
51st.... 
a 0 
54th. 
Total or 
per cent. 
2,872 
2,060 
71.73 
1,869 
65.08 
2,997 
2,034 
67.87 
1/836 
6L26 
Last 0 indicates date when last female died. 
