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MACROLEPIDOPTERA AND THEIR PARASITES D5 
AMPHION NESSUS CRAM. 
Food plants: Grape, Virginia creeper, evening-primrose. 
Occurrence: Collections from New Hampshire and Massachusetts. 
Totals received: Collections, 9; larvae, 15; years, 5. 
Larvae: July and August. 
Pupae: Late summer to spring. 
Adults: May and June. 
, Parasites 
Collections yielding 
this parasite 
Parasite Years 
specimens | recovered 
Number of |} Number of 
collections larvae 
Diptera: 
Compsilura concinnata Meig_.__.---------- een A oe 1 
Sturmia sp. near bakeri Coq_.--------------------_-- 6 
Hymenoptera: 
Amblyteles sp. near centrator Say.....-.------------ 1 
Apanteles congregatus Say.._..-------------__-----. *1 
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SPHINX GALLII INTERMEDIA KIRBY 
Food plants: Evening-primrose, galium, willow herb. 
Occurrence: Collections from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New 
Jersey. 
Totals received: Collections, 9; larvae, 21; years, 7. 
Larvae: Late July to October. 
Pupae; Fall to summer. 
Adults: June and July. 
Parasite 
Collections yielding 
this parasite 
Parasite Years 
specimens | recovered 
Number of | Number of 
collections larvae 
Diptera: 
Compsilura concinnata Meig__--------------------_- 3 1 1 12 
SPHINX LINEATA FAB. 
Food plants: Portulaca, purslane. 
Occurrence: Collections from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 
Connecticut, and New Jersey. 
Totals received: Collections, 25; larvae, 63; years 7. 
Larvae: Late June to October. 
Pupae: August to October, and fall to summer. 
Adults: June to July, and September to October. 
Generations: Two. 
Parasites 
Collections yielding 
this parasite 
Parasite Years 
specimens | recovered 
Number of | Number of 
collections larvae 
Diptera: 
Compsilura concinnata Meig_......-..-------_---__- 2. 
Tachinidae (unidentified puparia)___...._________-- 10. 
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