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Nehalliston Forest, Powell River in Paradise Valley, Upper Clear- 

 water River, and Vancouver) ; Colorado (Glen Haven) ; Maine (Casco, 

 "Dead River," Greenville, Holeb, and Millinockett) ; Michigan (Dick- 

 inson Co.); New Brunswick (Charlotte Co., Dawson Siding, Glou- 

 cester Co., Madawaska Co., Northumberland Co., Restigauche Co., 

 and Victoria Co.) ; New Hampshire (Pinkham Notch and Randolph) ; 

 New York (Lake Sebago in Bear Mountain Park, Bemus Point, 

 Canajoharie, Ithaca, Oneonta, and Shokan); Nova Scotia (Halifax 

 Co.); Ontario (Bear Lake, Bells Corners, Biscotasing, Elk Lake, 

 Grand Bend, Hillsdale, Lisle, "Masser," Mer Bleue (near Ottawa), 

 Port McNicoll, Sudbury, and Thessalon); Oregon (Meacham); 

 Quebec (Angliers, Bonaventure Co., Brome, Covey Hill, East Aid- 

 field, Fort Coulange, Gracefield, Labelle, Lorrainville, Matane Co., 

 Matapedia Co., Noranda, Rouyn, St. Ann de la Perade, St. Gabriel 

 de Brandon, and Stoneham) ; Vermont (Willoughby) ; and Washington 

 (Ashford, Glacier, and Mount Rainier at 4,000 ft.). 



The majority of specimens were collected or reared between July 

 10 and August 10, but dates of capture range through the summer. 

 Particularly early and late seasonal dates are: May 28 at Old Chelsea, 

 Que.; June 2 at Ithaca, N. Y.; June 6 at Covey Hill, Que.; June 12 

 at Greenville, Maine; June 21 at Stoneham, Que.; August 30 at Mea- 

 cham, Oreg. ; September 1 in Halifax County, N. S. ; and September 4 

 at Fish Trap, Nehalliston Forest, B. C. 



It has been reared many times from Acleris variana, in British 

 Columbia (Edgewood, Fish Lake Road at Kamloops, near Foreman, 

 Upper Clearwater River, and Vancouver) ; New Brunswick (Charlotte 

 Co., Dawson Siding, Gloucester Co., Madawaska Co., Northumber- 

 land Co., Restigauche Co., and Victoria Co.); Nova Scotia (Halifax 

 Co.); Ontario (Bear Lake, Biscotasing, Elk Lake, Hillsdale, Lisle, 

 Masser, Port McNicoll, Sudbury, and Thessalon) ; and Quebec 

 (Angliers, Bonaventure Co., East Oldfield, Fort Coulange, Labelle, 

 Lorrainville, Matane Co., Matapedia Co., Noranda, Rouyn, and St. 

 Gabriel de Brandon). It has also been reared from a few other hosts 

 as follows: d\ from Tortrix packardiana, beaten from Abies, June 26, 

 1946, parasite emerged July 29, 1946; 9, from Argyrotaenia? , beaten from 

 Abies, May 29, 1946, parasite emerged June 12, 1946; 9, from Archips 

 melaleucana, Old Chelsea, Que., May 28, 1934; 9, from cocoon of 

 Neuroptera, Powell River, Paradise Valley, B. C, Aug. 16, 1939, 

 G. F. Smarge. A female is recorded as "flying about Picea" at Bells 

 Corners, Ont., June 25, 1935, by G. S. Walley. 



This species is transcontinental in the Transition and Canadian 

 zones. Most adults occur in mid-summer. Acleris variana and other 

 tortricids on conifers serve as hosts. 



