b PARASITES OF GIPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. 



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Sequence of parasites of the gipsy moth in Europe 131 



The brown-tail moth and its parasites in Europe 132 



Sequence of parasites of the brown-tail moth in Europe 135 



Parasitism of the gipsy moth in America 136 



Summary of rearing work carried on at the laboratory in 1910 141 



Parasitism of the brown-tail moth in America 143 



Summary of rearing work in 1910 146 



Importation and handling of parasite material 152 



Egg masses of the gipsy moth 152 



Gipsy-moth caterpillars, first stage 153 



Gipsy-moth caterpillars, second to fifth stages 154 



European importations 154 



Japanese importations 155 



Gipsy-moth caterpillars, full-fed and pupating 156 



Gipsy-moth pupse 159 



Brown-tail moth egg masses 160 



Hibernating nests of the brown-tail moth 161 



Immature caterpillars of the brown-tail moth 161 



Full-fed and pupating caterpillars of the brown-tail moth 162 



Brown-tail moth pupae 164 



Cocoons of hymenopterous parasites 165 



Tachinid puparia 166 



Calosoma and other predaceous beetles '.. 167 



Quantity of parasite material imported 167 



Localities from which the parasite material has been received 168 



The egg parasites of the gipsy moth 168 



Anastatus bifasciatus Fonsc 168 



Schedius kuvanx How 176 



Life of Schedius and its relations to other egg parasites, primary and 



secondary 177 



Rearing and colonization 184 



The parasites of the gipsy-moth caterpillars 188 



Apparently unimportant hymenopterous parasites 188 



Apanteles solitarius Ratz 189 



Meteorus versicolor Wesm 190 



Meteorus pulchricornis Wesm 190 



Meteorus japonicus Ashm 190 



Limnerium disparis Vier 191 



Limnerium (Anilastus) tricoloripes Vier 192 



Apanteles fulvipes Hal 193 



Secondary parasites attacking Apanteles fulvipes 198 



Tachinid parasites of the gipsy moth 202 



The rearing and colonization of tachinid flies; large cages versus small cages. 204 



Hyperparasites attacking the Tachinida? 207 



Perilampus cuprinus Forst -*-.. 208 



Melittobia acasta Walk 209 



Chalcis fishei Crawf 212 



Monodontomerus xreus Walk 212 



Miscellaneous parasites , 213 



Blepharipa scutellata Desv 213 



Compsilura concinnata Meig 218 



Tachina larvarum L 225 



Tachina japonica Towns 227 



