32, PARASITES OF GIPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. 
THE BROWN-TAIL MOTH AND ITS PARASITES IN EUROPE. 
Reference has already been made to the fact that in those sections 
of Massachusetts in which both the gipsy moth and the brown-tai] 
moth occur, the latter is considered as the lesser pest of the two. 
This opinion, as held by those who are thoroughly familiar with the 
comparative noxiousness of the two, speaks quite plainly of the char- 
acter of the gipsy moth as a pest, in view of the very considerable agi- 
tation which has come about on account of the brown-tail moth in 
TaBLE IIl.—Sequence of gipsy-moth parasites in Europe. 
| EGG. | LARVAL STAGES. steal PUPIL STAGES. | 
SEC- 
PARASITES. A ee RET, av THIRD fected Al) try Apalp 0Lp ADULT; 
i aaa pee w a ae eee ae ae DANS: 
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| 2 SPECIES NOT CONSIDERED TO BE OF MUGH IMPORTANCE ECONOMICALLY, = | 2 SPECIES NOT CONSIDERED TO BE OF MUGH IMPORTANCE ECONOMICALLY, = NOT CONSIDERED TO GE OF MUCH IIMPORTANCE ECONO/UICALLY. 
ANASTATUS BIFASCIATUS 
KAPANTELES SOLITARIUS 
Fi 
APANTELES FULV/IFES 
XMETEORUS VERSICOLOR 
X/METEORUS PULCHRICORMS 
XKLIMNERIUM DISPAFIS 
¥ LIMNER/VU/4 GANILASTYS, ) 
7A/COLORIPES 
BLEPHARIPA SCUTELLATA 
XCROSSOCOS/414 FLAVOSCUTELLATA 
’ COMPSILURA CONCINNATA 
XDEXODES NIGRIPES 
‘ZYGOBOTHRIA G/LVA 
CARCELIA GNAVA 
PALES PAVIDA 
PARASETIGENA SEGREGATA 
TRICHOLYGA GRANOIS 
TACHINA LARVARU/1 
*/CHNEU/ON DISPARIS 
XTHERONIA ATALANTAE 
*PIMPLA EXA/MINATRIX 
XPIMPLA INST/GATRIX 
XPIMPLA BRASSICARIAE 
CHALCIS FLAVIPES 
MONODONTOMERUS AEREUS 
CALOSOMA SYCOPHANTA 
localities into which it has preceded the gipsy moth or where the latter 
has not as yet reached a state of destructive abundance. 
On account of the lesser interest aroused in the brown-tail moth in 
Massachusetts, its parasites have not been given quite the considera- 
tion, in some respects, that has been given to those of the gipsy moth, 
but this lack of consideration has-had entirely to do with the question 
of the future policy of the laboratory, and has not extended to the 
actual handling of the parasites themselves. . In every respect other 
than as a basis for calculations as to future policies of the labora- 
