MACROLEPIDOPTERA AND THEIR PARASITES 85 
HEMEROCAMPA LEUCOSTIGMA 8. AND A. 
Food plants: Deciduous trees and shrubs. 
Occurrence: Collections from New England, New York, New Jersey, and 
Pennsylvania. Largely a shade-tree pest, particularly in cities. Local outbreaks 
have oecurred in 1 or more years during the period from 1915 to 1929, inclusive, 
in the following cities: Everett, Somerville, and Revere, Mass.; Westerly, R.I.; 
Brooklyn, N.Y.; Camden, Elizabeth, Hackensack, Newark, and Trenton, N.J.; 
and Philadelphia, Pa. 
Totals received: Collections, 371; larvae and pupae, 30,151; years, 14. 
Larvae: May to September. 
Pupae:. June to October. 
Adults: Late June to October. 
Generations: Massachusetts and south—two broods, though probably only a 
partial second in some localities. 
Parasites 
Collections yielding 
this parasite 
Parasite Years 4 
specimens | recovere 
Number of Number of 
collections | !@tvae or 
pupae 
Diptera: 
Achaetoneura aletiae Riley___.__________--_--__-___- 194 7 24 9, 149 
Achaetoneura frenchii Will__..__..-__.-._--_-__-____-_- 3 2 2 119 
PACH OEE OMCUT OSD opis ht sey ee oor te ee ae th 10 1 1 72 
BICDNOTIDEZORS De me he ee ae Uae eae ee 1 1 1 59 
Compsilura concinnata Meig___________-____-_---__- - 688 14 74 10, 871 
Phorocera claripennis Macq__--__------------------- 182 8 38 14, 477 
Phorocera leucaniae Coq_-.------------------------- 27 4 8 3, 324 
rorista: metla- Walks 228 eo ee bo ke Se 1, 280 11 81 14, 866 
Tachinidae (unidentified puparia)__._____.._______- 35 i 12 3, 262 
Winthemia datanae Town. (var. C)________-_____--- 13 3 5 5, 540 
ZAenilionwmplera COgese ss aos ee oe sae eee 211 12 49 13, 001 
Zena Me Specs Acie ke RCRD beta SN Se 15 4 5 422 
Hymenoptera: 
Amblyteles unifasciatorius Say___.-____-_---_-_-_--- 1 1 1 3 
Apanteles delicatus How_____-___-.______--_2--_-__-- 49 4 9 3, 063 
Apanteles melanoscelus Ratz_-...-..---------------- 39 6 10 3, 154 
Apanteles phobetri Roh__________-___---_-_-_---------- i) 2 2 275 
Apanteles sp. (cocoons)_-.-_.-------.---_---=------- 4 2 2 839 
Brachymeria ovata Say_____-_-------_---_-----_---_-- 35 1 3 1, 650 
Casinaria orgyiae How____.---_------_--------------- 16 3 4 1, 010 
Campoplegini (cocoons) ______.__--____-___-__--__--- 6 3 6 349 
Dibrachys hemerocampae Gir__._.._______--_------__- 74 1 4 1, 800 
E/phialtes (Itoplectis) conquisitor Say____.---_------- 40 4 8 2, 787 
E’phialtes pedalis Cress___.._---___-___-_-_-----__-- 1 1 1 15 
Epirus nignifrons Vier. stig Ae es 30 i 3 1, 300 
Hulimneria;valida Cress_______--__-_._-----_-_-_--_- 1 1 1 440 
Hyposoter clistocampae Weed-____-.-_-_-----------_- 9g 1 2 540 
Hyposoter pallipes Prov__._-----------_-----___---_- 3 2 2 296 
Hyposoter sp. (cocoons) --.___---.._-_-_---_---_----- 5 2 2 140 
Iseropus coelebs. Walsh. 222222 2 137 6 13 5, 134 
Labrorychus analis Say___--___-_-__________________ 1 1 1 3 
Meteorus hyphantriae Riley__..__..._-_____-_-_____- 33 9 20 2, 813 
IMIGOPUD SIO (COCOONS) 2. Sok be 12 4 6 889 
Psychophagus omnivorus Walk_.___-_-_----_-_-__-___- 23 2 4 1, 704 
HEMEROCAMPA DEFINITA PACK. 
Food plants: Apple, cherry, and willow. 
Occurrence: Collections from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and 
New York. 
Totals received: Collections, 12; larvae, 20; years, 6. 
Larvae: May to September. 
Pupae: July to early October. 
Adults: July to October. 
Generations: Probably a partial second brood in some localities. 
