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Cocoons containing catei'pillars not yet transformed into pupae 47 



Cocoons from which Froiitina frenchii had emerged 3 



Cocoons with male moths emerged 12 



Cocoons with female moths emerged ~ 3 



Cocoons with obviously parasitizeo pupae 39 



Cocoons with pupae not obviously parasitized „ 146 



250 



From thees 185 cocoons including both parasitized and not obviously 

 parasitized ones moths emerged as follows: 

 Males. Females. 



July 13 5 1 



" 14 2 



" 16 2 



" 17 2 



" 18 3 



12 3 



Total moths emerged 15. Deducting these 15 cocoons which pro- 

 duced moths the following results were obtained from the 170 cocoons 

 remaining, some of which, however, produced nothing: 



Dibrachys 

 Fimpla sp. Frontina frencliii. Chalcis ovata. boucheanns. 

 July 13....^... 6 July 24 1 July 24 1 July 16 31 



62 11 389 



EXPERIMENT NO. 2. 



On July 14, 1908, 150 cocoons of H. leucostigma were collected at 

 Lincoln, by Mr. C. H. Gable and R. W. Dawson. These cocoons contained 

 the following: 



Cocoons containing nothing 2 



Cocoons containing dried up caterpillars _ 16 



Cocoons containing putrid chrysalis 1 



Cocoons containing dead caterpillar and Chrysopa larva attached 1 



Cocoons with chrysalid contents apparently eaten by some predaceous 



insect ^ 



Cocoons with contents eaten by Podisus spinosus (bugs observed 



feeding) 2 



