‘26 MISC.-PUBLICATION 188, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
MiscELLANEOUS UNIDENTIFIED SPECIES OF SPHINGIDAE 
Food plants: Various deciduous growths. 
Occurrence: Collections from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode 
Island, New York, and New Jersey. 
Totals received: Collections, 57; larvae, 83; years, 11. 
Larvae: June to October. 
Adults not reared. 
‘Parasites 
| | | : eet 
| | Collections yielding 
| this parasite 
| Parasite | Years 
| specimens | recovered | 
| Number of | | Number of 
collections; larvae 
= Ee ees ek TS 
Diptera: | 
ACRAFLONeUT @ jTenchti WANES ese 43 | 4 5 6 
Compsilura concinnata Meig_____________________-_.| 8 | 3 5 | 5 
Winthemia rufopicta Bigot______-_- ae eek eee 2 | ile] 1} 1 
VASTOTATS Dae ee 5 ce OU es 0g eee 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 
‘Hymenoptera: 
Apanteles congregatus Say________--_________- Saas out 3 | 3 | 4 
VAPMINECLES SINETUNER TARO Yee ee aa 1 | i | 1 
Pinuniclesspe en ae eS. ae aa 3 | 3 4 
Microplitis ceratomiae Riley_________________=__--=- mack 3 | 3 5 
Ophieninil(Coccon) mee ee a 1 1 | 1 1 
PSOGIES CONMMACTISTS ET OW 222 = 28 ne ee PTT 1 1 1 2 
FAMILY SATURNIIDAE 
SAMIA WALKERI ADVENA PACK. 
Food plants: Ailanthus, wild biack cherry. 
Occurrence: Collections from New Jersey, and Long Island, N.Y. 
Totals received: Collections, 10; larvae and pupae, 1,346; years, 5. 
Larvae: July to early October. 
Pupae: Late August to next summer. 
Adults: June to early September. 
Generations: One. (Occasionally some pupae remain dormant until the second 
summer.) 
Parasites 
Collections yielding 
this parasite 
| 
Parasite Years F 
specimens | recovered | Xr 
; | Number of Number of 
| collections larvae or 
| pupae 
| 
} 
Diptera: 
Achaetoneura frenchii Vai eee Seas See Se ee 53 | 3 | 3 | 910 
Winthemia (?) datanae 'Town____-_------_____=__.__ 50 | 4 | 4 874 
Hymenoptera: 
Evremotylus macrurus L__-_---_-------_----________- 1 | 1 | 1] 475 
SD OCHMLCIS RATER NO Ye =) ee ee 5) 2 | 2 | 670 
! 68 specimens of S. mariae were recovered from the 5 host cocoons. 
PLATYSAMIA CECROPIA L. 
Food plants: Apple, ash, birch, cherry, elderberry, grape, hawthorn, maple, 
rose, sassafras, pussy willow. 
Occurrence: Collections from New England, New York, New Jersey, and 
Pennsylvania. 
Totals received: Collections, 160; larvae and pupae, 1,701; years, 15. 
Larvae: Late June to October. 
Pupae: August to spring. 
Adults: Late May to July. 
Generations: One. 
