MACROLEPIDOPTERA AND THEIR: PARASITES 97 
PHIGALIA TITEA CRAM. 
Food plants: Various deciduous growths. 
Occurrence: Collections from New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, 
New York, and New Jersey. Often common in oak woodlands. A few red 
oak trees were defoliated in a local outbreak at Armonk, N.Y., in 1923. 
Totals received: Collections, 76; larvae, 1,479; years, 15. 
Larvae: May to July. 
Pupae: July to April. 
Adults: April. 
Parasites 
Collections yielding 
this parasite 
Parasite Years 
specimens | recovered 
Number of | Number of 
collections larvae 
Diptera: 
Compsilura concinnata Meig__________.._-_________-- 9 5 5 285 
GOROTTUASH NS Pe Cen AE Mr Ae Mi i ett ha ESN 76 5 9 734 
Tachinidae (unidentified puparia)___.._____________ 15 4 7 458 
CERT ROINUIGES DD Sees ae Oey nn SS i odie Y 3 2 2 251 
Winthemia fumiferanae Tot__._-._-.--__-2.----22--- 2 2 2 2 
Zeniilia virilistAciand, Wiss 22 jo ee iG 1 1 151 
Hymenoptera: 
Apanteles phigaliae Mues_______-----_-.-------_---- *36 4 a 811 
Apanteles murtfeldtae AShm______________-________. *] 1 1 1 
VAnhanishessspud . 6 dre uw Ley oie bie te Ae 1 1 1 24 
Campoplegidea (Viereckiana) vitticollis Nort._-.----- 5 3 3 433 
Campoplegini (cocoons) __________________________- 2 1 1 21 
Hyposoter flavipes Prov____-._...--._-_-..--_-------- 3 2 2 34 
Meteorus hyphantriae Riley__...__.-__--_----__--_--- 1 1 1 250 
MRCOG ASLET Sixes aes ene pb te UO 1 1 1 1 
TRG OLEIOIST SS 9s alan Se ns ae 8 0 aula a 1 1 1 50 
PALEACRITA VERNATA PECK. 
Food plants: Apple, elm, and other deciduous growths. 
Occurrence: Collections from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massa- 
chusetts. Local outbreaks were reported at Portland, Maine, 1918-19; Quincy, 
Mass., 1918; Salisbury, N.H., 1920; and Williamstown, Vt., in 1927. 
Totals received: Collections, 10; larvae, 284; years, 7. 
Larvae: May and June. 
Pupae: July to March. 
Adults: March and April. 
Parasites 
Collections yielding 
this parasite 
Parasite Years 
specimens | recovered 
Number of | Number of 
collections larvae 
Hymenoptera: 
WANANtELESISD) (COCOOM)EY =. oR ee 1 
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ERANNIS TILIARIA HARR. 
Food plants: Linden, maple, oak, and other deciduous growths. 
Occurrence: Collections from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa- 
chusetts, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. Often rather common in 
forests. It has been reported as abundant from 1924 to 1926 in several sections 
of Vermont and northern New York. Reports in 1925 indicated that there were 
some areas from 75 to 100 percent defoliated at Cranberry Lake and Chester- 
field, N.Y.; and Essex, Jericho, and Woodford, Vt. 
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