808 REporRT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY OF THB 
TABLE 1V.—NUMBER OF LARVZ PRODUCED BY SEVEN FEMALES WITH DAILY 
RECORD OF EAcH.® 
1234567 Remarks. 123465 697 °#Remarks. 
Oct. Nov. 
14 23 chefs Eo Gia Bese | 0 
26 45 19 10108 2 
27: 18) 1. Sts 20 380601 1 
2 ey aa Ces 21° 0-0 00°53 Zig 
297) 'F) OT] Ors 22 00000 05 
30, Or 22s 23; 210.00: 1 0-3 
OL PLO a 670 26 “20 0 Ort Og 
Nov. 27 10005 abe 
110441 28 00100 00 
Bt bie tae 29 310°2°O3) Riese 
ae A BN P21) 30 00006 00 
4°20 0 2°2 Dec. 
Die Oy Oil 2 1, ab.0, 0.0 2a 
6 50004 3° 0°0'0:0 2°02 
[ ced te Rese 400000 02 
pantad dete gulbhe See 50°00 GO. ee 
A Ae Thosked Mavelapdiel (EOS IO.080 are 
{ ment. 6 00000 00 
SH OMS 8 00002 00 
9. 5:3.0.0.0 10 00002 02 
10 11200 11 00000 00 
LLL eA OO Gino”, 12 00000 00 
12 00005 3 3 Te O00 as Oo a 
Jo POD) 2a aT 14400000 090 
14) a ee 2 15 00000 00 
LBS OFC revit sk 26 00000 00 
G6. ELR040, 0 Oe 
NOs OF (AAS fie vke o's cooee. 42 48 . 80 23, 41 T\ 2O0AV eee 
Ne OTrarvee?) oi. Sake wiels 58) 14. Bh SS SSS ie eee 
Average number per day. 1: zs l%& 138 22: % ly 
General average. a. 07 
Total number of larvee for 
each female ........s. (6 14") 34 (56 SS eae 
MOLTING: HOW ACCOMPLISHED. 
Laboratory observations upon individuals from which the scale 
had been removed showed that in molting the skin splits along 
the anterior margin and for a short distance along the lateral 
margins. It is then forced off the posterior end of the body by 
the motions of the segments. 
The following observations upon the molting periods are from 
320 males and females kept in the laboratory. For convenience 
they were divided into lots as follows: 
Lot 1 consisted of 160 larvae born September 4. September 17 
one larva showed first molt. About half the remainder did not _ 
®Numbers in Italics represent number of larvze born when observations 
were commenced. 
