The periodic swarming of Anchistioides antiguensis

Observations from the jetty of the Biological Station, Bermuda, of the appearance of Anchistioides antiguensis (Schmitt) at the surface over a short period in 1934 and eight months in 1935 are recorded, and show definite periodicity sometimes of sufficient intensity to merit the term swarming.
The periodicity coincides with the two weeks of the lunar cycle when the moon wanes from the last quarter to the first quarter of the new cycle. It appears to consist of two maximum appearances separated by an interval of some days.
Direct lunar influence, sex and the reproductive period, the surface-temperature, wind and weather, and the state of the tide are shown to have no connexion with swarming.
An explanation is suggested based on the feeding habits and depending on the periodic activity of the worms that form the food. The double maximum of the swarming period is shown to represent two stages of growth.     

Positive selection and the molecular evolution of a gene of male reproduction, Acp26Aa of Drosophila

The gene for a male ejaculatory protein, Acp26Aa, in four sibling species of the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup has previously been shown to have a nonsynonymous rate (Ka) of nucleotide substitution that is indistinguishable from the synonymous rate (Ks). By examining this gene in two other species of this subgroup, we found that Ka is generally large and can sometimes be more than twice as large as Ks. This suggests that positive selection may be operating at this locus of male reproduction.      

应用附加绿黄色光二极管的黄色胶片监测温室中的粉虱、蚜虫和蕈蚊

绿黄色光二极管(LED)附加在塑胶杯和胶片捕捉器可增加捕捉实验室和温室中昆虫的数量。附加有530nm绿黄色LED的塑胶杯捕捉器比没有附加的捕捉到更多的Trialeurodes vaporariorum(Westwood)和Bemisia tabaci(Gennadius)B生态型。在温室中昆虫笼以四季豆和棉花试验,附加有530nm绿黄色LED的黄色胶片(YC)和透明塑胶片(CS)分别缩写为LED—YC和LED—CS)比每一种没有附加的捕捉器捕捉到更多的T.vaporariorum,B．tabaci B生态型,Ahis gossypii(Glover)和Bradysia coprophila(Lintner)成虫。绿黄色LED—YC在温室中有用为监测和控制的潜在性。