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98 RESULTS FROM GIPSY MOTH PARASITE LABORATORY, 



Limnerium validum — Continued. Pa^ 



larva, third-stage 87-90 



length of stages in life history .' 80 



parasite of Ilyphantria cunea 91-92 



parasite of Hi/phantria textor 30-62 



parasite of Melalopha inclusa 62 



rearing apparatus and methods 72-73 



respiration of larva in third -stage 89-90 



results of dissections of host larvaj, Hyphantria cunea 90-91 



summary of biology and host relations 91-92 



tail ajjpendage of larva, function 85 



Lithocolletis fit^phella, host of elachertine 11 



Lithocolletis ornatella, host of Hippocephalus multilinentus (Zagrammosoma 



multilineatum) 11 



Lyctus canaliculatus , host of Perilampus mi cans 64 



Malacosoma americana as a possible host of Limnerium validum, experiments 78-81 



Malacosoma, amoebocytosis in caterpillars as a protective reaction against 



Limnerium validum 75 



Melalopha inclusa, secondary host of Perilampus hyalinus, parasite 61-62 



Melanichnewmon sp. — 



parasite of Hyphantria textor 45 



probable host of Perilampus hyalinus 45 



Melanoplus hiviltaius, host of sarcophagid 63 



Melittohia, parasite of Varichxta, probably too small for host of Perilampus 55 



Meloe 60 



Mesochorus, parasite of Apanteles vimenetorum 67 



Meteorus — 



communis, parasite of Hyphantria textor, host of Perilampus hyalinus 62 



(communis'?), host of Perilampus hyalinus 44 



fatal influence of larva over that of Zygobothria nidicola when occurring 



together in brown-tail moth caterpillars 77 



oviposition far from head of caterpillar host, reasons therefor 73 



parasite of brown-tail moth 77 



parasite of Hyphantria cunea 72 



Microplitis nigripennis, parasite of Heliothis obsoleta and host of Perilampus 



hyalinus 63 



Mirini 2-7 



Monodontomerus reared from gipsy-moth pupae 28 



Mourning-cloak butterfly. (See Euvanessa antiopa.) 



Myodites. oviposition 60 



Nematus erichsonii, planidium (Perilampus?) found on hibernating larva 59 



Notolophus, amoebocytosis in caterpillars as a protective reaction against Lim- 

 nerium validum 75 



Notolophils antiquus as a possible host of Limnerium validum^ experiments 81-82 



Ocneria dispar — 



(See also Porthetria dispar and Gipsy Moth.) 



host of Anastatus bifasciatus 7 



Oecophyllembius neglectus, host of Atoposoma variegatum 11 



Ooencyrtus, parasites of lepidopterous eggs 1 



Orasema — ■ 



development 57-59 



mention 47 



parasite of Pheidole instabilis and other ants 57-58 



relationship to Perilampus 59 



