Studies in the life history of the Melittia Satriniformis in Tennessee

This thesis was chosen for the purpose of making a detail study of Melittia satriniformis Hubn. In Tennessee, and to clear up a slight confusion over the number of generations that the species passes through each year.

There has been such literature written on the history, classification, and injury of the species, but very little has been written on the life history.

Franklin Sheman, Chief: Division Entomology and Zoology of the South Carolina Experiment Station a lid the following along with his answer to the questionnaire sent him: "Perhaps one reason why this problem was suggested to you for work on Master's thesis is because very little (or no) exact work on it has been published from the southern states, and the opportunity seems to be wide open for you to dig out a lot of facts which, while not entirely unknown, have at least never been definitely proven for this section of the country."

The experiments are not as scientific as they should be due to the fact that I had no way of finding the humidity, and recording the accurate temperature in the room, where the experiments were carried on. The temperatures for the incubation period were taken at the laboratory, but those for the starvation test were secured from the U.S. Weather Bureau.

My success in getting results in the life history experiments was due to the hearty cooperation of the truck farmers. Entomologists of the different Agricultural Experiment Stations, and the supervision of Professor Bently.