12 MISC. PUBLICATION 188, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
CYNTHIA ATALANTA JL.” 
Food plant: Nettle. 
Occurrence: Collections from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New 
York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Sometimes abundant locally where its 
food plant is plentiful. Larvae solitary and usually found in folded leaves. . 
Totals received: Collections, 99; larvae, 2,730; years, 13. 
Larvae: Late May and June to middle of September. | 
Pupae: Late June to early October. 
Adults: Issue July to middle of October. (Hibernate in this stage.) | 
Generations: At least two. | 
Parasiies 
Collections yielding 
this parasite 
Parasite Years 
specimens | recovered 
Number of | Number of 
collections larvae 
Diptera: 
Achaetoneura archippivora Will____________-_-.-.---- 183 4 16 1 27h 
VACHIRCCONCIU ON TETCe Wall ese ee ee 1 il 1 100 
Compsilura concinnata Meig____-______-.----_------- 96 9 20 441 
PelatachiiamellucidaiCoge = 2-8 2 1 1 37 
ZA AADLEN ECR OAS ate nn ah DNS Pe. ae 2 1 1 219 
CTO ILE ESE ORGeat eres a ET ae 940 9 49 2, 188 
eng liienimiliseACiand: We 2 2-228 Fe te ee 1 1 1 219 
Hymenoptera: 
PArmblyielesicaliginosus: @resSwe eee e  e e 25 7 13 1, 063 
Amblyteles near versabilis Cress__.___.___.-__--___-- | 1 1 1 
PAD OUNECICSHALMLENLO CMR AC Ke sane ee ae *257 il 44 1, 042 
PADIUNECLCSREM UOT OSU RACY on ae ee ee ee 7 2 3 89 
COMPODIETAS mes ae i arly Been 1 Te 1 35 
GEIN DO PYCLIS|) ame ae aE OE ea 2 2 2 26 
CRG OTT ed OFS yee ee a oe =f] 1 1 4 
Metcorusihyphantrige Riley = 2 ee 1 1 1 28 
SOR UCS CONES Chee Si e 1 1 1 13 
1 Ail of the pupae produced adults of the hyperparasite Tetrastichus sp. 
CYNTHIA VIRGINIENSIS Dru. (HUNTERA FaB.) 
Food plant: Pearl everlasting. 
Occurrence: Collections from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New 
York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Larvae usually solitary in webbed 
terminals of its food plant. 
Totals received: Collections, 29; larvae, 201; vears, 9. 
Larvae: June to September. 
Pupae: July to October. 
Adults: Issue August to October. 
(Hibernates in this stage.) 
Generations: Two. 
Parasites 
Collections yielding 
this parasite 
Parasite Years 
specimens | recovered 
Number of | Number of 
collections larvae 
Diptera: 
Gompsiluracconcinnata-Melgess i et ee 2 2 2 18 
Hymenoptera: 
Amobluteles rufiventris Brullé___._.._.._.---._._..__. 7 3 6 65 
