178 niinois State Laboratory of Natural History. 



the breeding-cage Aug. 8-10, having passed through the- 

 pupal stage ver^^ quickly. Examples of the moth have 

 also been taken in southern Illinois, at Cobden, June 12,. 

 and one appeared at the electric light in Urbana Sept. 4. 



Parasites. Indications of parasitism were sometimes 

 noted, and a small parasitic hymenopteron, determined 

 as Cryptus cyaneiventris Riley MS., by Mr. W. H. Ash- 

 mead, was constantly present in August about the spot 



• See foot-note p. 



