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egle by S. A. Forbes; and eight specimens bearing Bureau of En- 

 tomology No. 171°, February 12, 1884, without further data. The 

 writer has also seen several series of this species in the collection of 

 the Gipsy Moth Laboratory, at Melrose Highlands, Massachusetts, 

 which were reared from Euchaet/ms egle at Melrose Highlands. 



123. APANTELES HALLII (Packard). 



Microgaster hallii Packard, Amer. Natural., vol. 11, 1S77, p. 52. 

 Apanteles hallii Tackard, Weed, Trans. Amer. Eiit. Soc, vcl. 15, 1SS8, 

 p. 295. 



Hahifat. — Polaris Bay. 

 Host. — Unknown. 



Known only fr;:>m the type series in the United States National 

 Museum. 



124. APANTELES ATALANTAE (Packard). 



Microgaster (? Apavteles) atalantae Packard, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, 



vol. 21, 1881, p. 27. 

 Apanteles congregatus, var. atalantae Packard, Riley, Amer. Natural., vol. 



16, 1SS2, p. 679. 

 Apanteles atalantae Packard, Fai,ET, in Scudder, Butterflieg U. S., 1889, 

 p. 1908. 

 Ilahitat. — Massachusetts ; New Jersey ; Michigan ; Canada ; appar- 

 ently generally distributed over the Northeastern States. 



Hosts. — Vanessa atalanta Linnaeus (Packard) ; Aglais 7nilherti 

 Godart (Riley). 



Cocoons. — Gregarious, imbedded in small masses of pure white 

 silk. 



The National Collection contains, in addition to the large type 

 series, a specimen of this species from Ottawa, Canada, reared by 

 T. W. Fyles from Aglais 7)iilherti; and specimens from Agricultural 

 College, Michigan, without further data. The writer has also seen 

 many series of this species, reared from the above-named hosts, in 

 the collection of the Gipsy Moth Laboratory at Melrose Higlilands, 

 Massachusetts. 



125. APANTELES THECLAE Riley. 



Apanteles tliecUc Riley, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, vol. 4, pt. 2, 1881. p. 



308 ; in Scudder, Butterflies U. S., 1889. p. 1906. 

 Apanteles glomeratus, var. theclae Riley, Patton, Psyche, vol. 6, 1892, p. 261. 

 Parapanteles theclae Riley, Ashmead, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1900, vol. 23, 

 p. 131. 

 Habitat. — Georgia ; Alabama ; Texas ; Kansas ; Oklahoma ; Missouri. 

 Hosts. — Thecia, species (Eiley) ; (Uranotes) Stri/mon melmus 

 Hiibner; [Lycaena) Everes comyntas Godart. 



Cocoons. — White; gregarious, loosely grouped together. 

 Besides a large type series there is in the National Collection the 

 following material: A series from Dallas, Texas, reared by W. D. 

 Pierce from {Uranotes) Strymon melmus on cotton; a series from 



