MACROLEPIDOPTERA AND THEIR PARASITES 69 
COLOCASIA PROPINQUILINEA GnrT. 
Food plant: Not listed, but it was found in a hardwood forest. 
Occurrence: One larva collected at Cheshire, Mass., in August and inflated for 
the Melrose Highlands laboratory. 
CHARADRA DERIDENS GUEN. 
Food plants: Birch, maple, oak. 
Occurrence: Collections from Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New 
Jersey. 
Totals received: Collections, 12; larvae, 13; yéars, 7. 
Larvae: July to October. 
Pupae: Fall to early July. 
Adults: Late June and July. 
Parasite 
Collections yielding 
this parasite 
Parasite Years 
specimens | recovered 
| 
Number of | Number of 
collections larvae 
Hymenoptera: 
Apanteles charadrae Mues_.__-__-__---_-_----_--_---- 2, 2 2 2 
AUTOGRAPHA ALIAS OTTOL. 
Food plant: Spruce. 
Occurrence: One larva collected at Framingham, Mass., in May. 
Pupa: June. 
Adult: Late June. 
| AUTOGRAPHA BRASSICAE RILEY 
Food plants: Cabbage, cauliflower. 
Occurrence: Collections from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode 
Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. 
Totals received: Collections, 109; larvae, 3,674; years, 14. 
Larvae: June to November. 
Pupae: July to June. 
Adults: Late April to June and July to November. 
Parasites 
| Collections yielding 
this parasite. 
Parasite Years ; 
specimens | recovered 
Number of | Number of 
collections larvae 
Diptera: 
Compsilura concinnata Meig_._________.________-_-- 11 6 g 325 
Voriacriurnalis Mico cee ia eC Ye Wa Peep iyi al bie 1 1 1 52 
Winthemia rufopicta Bigot.__....._-___-___-___-___- 3 2 2 77 
Hymenoptera: i 
Amblyteles cincticornis Cress___.-_..----------------- 18 2 6 1, 206 
Copidosoma truncatellum Dalm_____-.-__----------- *12 5 9 1, 301 
AUTOGRAPHA FALCIFERA KBy. 
Food plant: Celery. 
Occurrence: Collections from Sherborn, Mass., and Roycefield, N.J. 
Totals received: Colléctions, 2; larvae, 2; years, Diy 
Larvae: June to August. 
Pupae: August. 
Adults: cee. (reared), July and September (collected). 
_Generations: Undoubtedly double brooded. 
