MACROLEPIDOPTERA AND THEIR PARASITES 47 
CERAMICA PICTA HARR. 
Food plants: Garden crops, weeds, wild black cherry, and willow. 
Occurrence: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti- 
cut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. . 
Totals received: Collections, 101; larvae, 3,158; years, 15. 
Larvae: June to November. 
Pupae: Fall to spring, and July to September. 
Adults: May to June, and July to September. 
Generations: Two. 
Parasites 
Polleutions yielding 
} this parasite 
Parasite Years y 
specimens | recovered Number of | Number of 
collections larvae 
Diptera: 
Compsilura concinnata Meig____-_.---_---_------__- 13 2 3 36 
AN OAE DH OMA GTOG UO Gi 32 3 ops eae oases 9 1 1 175 
Tachinidae (unidentified puparia)_____..__________- 10 3 5 244 
Winthemia (?) quadripustulata Fab___--_----------- 4 2 3 31 
Wanthemianufopicta BisOtesaseaas eee eae ae nes 20 5 6 
Hymenoptera: 6 
IF MCOSOUIMS FOUIKG UMS SOW ook eee elke 1 1 1 52 
Microplitis mamestrae Weed___--------------------- 37 6 8 604 
Qo maitorarsant (ooo) oso ese ee sae 4 3 4 181 
Sagaritis dubitatus Cress___...._.-----------------_- 6 2 2 100 
CIRPHIS PSEUDARGYRIA GUEN. 
Food plants: Not listed. 
Occurrence: One larva collected at Lunenburg, Mass. 
Larva: Fall to June. 
Pupa: June to July. 
Adult: July. 
CIRPHIS COMMOIDES GUEN. 
Food plants: Not listed. 
Occurrence: One larva collected at Grafton, N.H., in May. 
Pupa: Late May to June. 
Adult: Late June. 
CIRPHIS UNIPUNCTA Haw. 
Food plants: Cereal and forage crops. 
Occurrence: Collections from Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts. There 
were several local outbreaks in eastern Massuchusetts in 1914, but since then no 
infestations of importance have been reported. 
Totals received: Collections, 20; larva, 1,128; years, 9. 
Larvae: From fall through to spring and as late as August. 
Pupae: July to September. 
Adults: July to September. 
Parasites 
Collections yielding 
! this parasite 
Parasite Years y 
specimens | recovered INfieeaNaeTe GE INRaeIRrSE oF 
collections larvae 
Diptera: 
Belvosia wnifasciata Desv__--------__-____________-_- 2D 2 2 176 
Compsilura concinnata Meig_.__.._-________________ 109 2 8 1, 680 
Blepharigena spinosula Bigot_.__.-.___-___-_-_____- 2 1 1 15 
Ehonocena clanipennis Miacg.-=.).05 222.02 2) 1 1 1 199 
WVanthemia nifopicta Bigot. eae 46 1 6 916 
FARE CHAS NEMS Le ee ee 4 1 2 296 
Hymenoptera: 
Apanteles militaris Walshe. --22-22 42222282 2s “Of 1 2 346 
PAM UNUCLES| SD (COCOONS) eee eee eee alae il 1 1 16 
Meteorus communis Cress._..----.-----._------_____ 2 2 2 126 
NELEUCANIA DIFFUSA WALK. 
Food Plants: Corn and grass. 
Occurrence: Two collections of one larva each in July from Dover and Lowell, 
Mass. 
