(IIRAULT — HOSTS OF IXSFCT E(!(FFA ItASIT FS 
IlOS'l'S OF INSECT ECC-l’ARASITES IX NOKTII AXl) Sor'l'II 
AMERK'A. 
HY A. AUSEXE CIKAI ET, W ASH I XCTOX, D. C. 
The I'ollowiiif; (■oni])ilatioii of (lie hosts of tlio iiiseci c<;g-|)arasik's is niadi' for 
several reasons, llie most ini])ortant of wliicii is tlie labor which it saves hy hrinj;- 
inp; together the much scattered rearing records of these insects. ( )thcr rca.sons are 
the importance of epp-parasites as a ela.ss, the aidpiven in identifyinp the parasites of 
any one host, and the interest which a compilation of this kind is likely to stimulate 
in the minds of economic etitomolopists for whom this list is ]>rimarily intern led 
'I'he list considers the ])arasites from the standpoint of the host only, and it is 
not meant to hrinp ont any ini])ortant hiolopie facts coneerninp them, which shouhl 
he considered rather in a list of the parasites and their hosts or host relations. Mainly, 
it answers hut one (piestion, “What i)arasites attack the epp of Carpompm pomonrlln, 
or other in.sect?” It is complete u]> to the end of the year lOOli, and includes none 
hut true, internal parasites of the epp, insects that pa.ss their entire life-cycle within 
the epp of another in.sect e.xceptinp as adults. ln.sects that prey on the epps, such 
as Pimphi, Anlhomiiiri, Snrrophaga, Einmtus, often called epp-])arasites, are not 
considered as such, and are therefore ipnored; and parasites that ovijiosit on or into 
the epp, heeominp fatal durinp some ])hase of postemhryonie development of the 
ho.st, throttph polyemhryonic development, are also excluded, hi'inp considered 
parasites of the larva or ])U])a as the case tnay he. 1 consi<ler P/ati/gn.itrr licrrickti. 
Packard a case in |)oint. 
d'he hosts are arratiped al])hahetieally accordinp to order, penns, and s])eeies, 
Tiierely for the sake of eonvenietiee. A cpiery precedinp the jiarasite listed under 
atiy ho.st, ((ue.stioti.s the record in one way or another; insects of douhtful peneric 
])o.sition are enclosed within (piotation marks New records arc ])reeeded hy an 
asterisk. Heferenecs to the literature arepiven in the most convenient way possible, 
and the nomenclature and .synonymy are accordinp to the latest authorities. In- 
complete records are entirely omitteil in the li.st, e.xceptinp in the case of a few ini])or- 
tant or snppestive ones. I'he record of the rearinp of Ahlrrun clisiormn par .\shmead 
from the epps of Malarosnma amrrirana Fahricius has been proven to he midouhtedly 
incorrect, hut in order to point ont this mistake in as foreihle a matmer as possible, 
1 have thoupht it wise to include it in the list of parasites of that host, there eallinp 
attention to the error. Iti this way, 1 doubly instin' attention heinp drawn to the 
mi.stake. Anoprdiiis error F'itch, erroneotisly recorded from the epps of Xnbis 
