20O CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT.' HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



A. (A.)recurvariae Ashmead. 



Female : length i .65 mm. ; clypeus, mandibles, scape, abdomen 

 at sides and beneath, second dorsal abdominal segment, and 

 legs except spot at apex of hind femora, stramineous ; apex of 

 hind tibiae and hind tarsi, except basally, where they are fuscous, 

 stramineous ; wings hyaline, stigma brown ; second dorsal 

 abdominal plate trapezoidal and sculptured, rest of abdomen 

 smooth and punctate; ovipositor prominent. 



Bred from Recurvaria juniperella and R. thujaella, Yales- 

 ville, 19 October, 1903 (H. L. V.). 



A. (A.) forbesi Viereck. 



West Thompson, 12 July, 1905, Cheshire, 8 July, 1904 (H. 

 L. V.). 



*A. (A.) ninigretorum Viereck (new species). 



Type locality: New Haven, 26 May, 1904 (H. L. V.). 



A. (A.) carpatus (Say). 



Mr. W. D. Kearfott has reared this species from Tinea 

 pellionella. New Haven, 4 August, 1905, bred from the white- 

 marked tussock moth (Hemerocampa leucostigma). 



*A. (A.) nipmuckorum Viereck (new species). 

 Type locality: Salisbury, 27 August, 1904 (W. E. B.). 



A. (A.) lacteicolor Viereck. 



This European species was originally introduced into the 

 state of Massachusetts on account of its effectiveness against the 

 brown-tail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhcea) . It attacks the small 

 caterpillars of both the brown-tail and the gipsy moth, and hiber- 

 nates with the former. In the spring the larva of the parasite 

 emerges and spins a white cocoon within the molting web. In ad- 

 dition to the insects above mentioned, it is on record as attacking 

 Datana and Hyphantria, making its usefulness all the more 

 assured. This species was planted at several points in Connecticut 

 in 1912 and 1913, to help control the brown-tail moth. 



For a detailed account of this species see Bulletin No. 91, 

 Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



