122 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



Switzerland. 



1. Received July 27, 1905, from Miss Marie Riihl, Zurich, 

 6 boxes containing : 65 gypsy moth pupae ; 7 live gypsy 

 moths ; 1 gypsy moth larva ; 1 dipterous pupa ; 2 dipterous 

 pupne in alcohol ; 25 microgaster cocoons. One female 

 gypsy moth emerged July 30 ; no further developments. 

 Material at laboratory. 



2. Received July 31, 1905, from Miss Marie Riihl, 5 

 boxes, containing: 119 gypsy moth pupae; 7 Tachiuid flies, 

 dead ; 2 live Tachinid flies ; 4 dipterous pupae. The 2 live 

 Tachinid flies which had already emerged at time of arrival 

 were placed in a jar with gypsy moth larvae and with leaves, 

 but died without laying. One Tachinid fly emerged from the 

 dipterous pupae on August 8 but died August 11 without 

 having had an opportunity to mate. Material at laboratory. 



3. Received Aug. 5, 1905, from Miss Marie Riihl, 16 

 boxes, containing : 109 gypsy moth pupae ; 42 dipterous 

 pupae; 3 dipterous pupae in alcohol. Two female gypsy 

 moths emerged August 8, 2 August 9 and 3 August 10. 

 One Tachinid fly emerged August 12, and was placed in a 

 jar with a Tachinid fly from Germany. They were not seen 

 to mate, and on August 14 the Swiss fly died without laying. 



4. Received Aug. 7, 1905, from Miss Marie Riihl, 6 boxes, 

 containing : 47 gypsy moth pupae ; 3 dipterous pupae ; 400 

 brown-tail moth egg masses. One female gypsy moth 

 emerged August 7 and 1 August 8. The brown-tail moth 

 egg masses came in an ordinary cigar box. As all the eggs 

 had hatched by the time the shipment arrived, the box and 

 its contents were burned to prevent the escape of the cater- 

 pillars. Material at laboratory. 



5. Received Oct. 24, 1905, from Miss Marie Riihl, 3 small 

 boxes, containing : 55 Tachinid pupae ; 6 pinned Tachinids ; 

 6 pinned Ichneumonids. . 



Italy. 



1. Received July 15, 1905, from Dr. Gustavo Leonardi, 

 Portici, 7 boxes, containing: 16 gypsy moth pupae; 63 dip- 

 terous pupae ; 137 dead Calosomas ; 1 live Calosoma. The 

 single live Calosoma lived twenty-seven days, and devoured 



