102. MISC. PUBLICATION 188, U. 8. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
MISCELLANEOUS UNIDENTIFIED SPECIES OF GEOMETRIDAE 
Food plants: Various deciduous growths. 
Occurrence: Collections from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu- 
setts, New York, and New Jersey. 
Totals received: Collections, 15; larvae, 46; years, 9. 
Larvae: May to September. 
Adults: None. 
Parasites 
Collections yielding 
this parasite 
Parasite Years 
specimens | recovered 
Number of | Number of 
collections larvae 
Diptera: 
Achaetoneura frenchit Will___......-...---.---_---_- 2 1 1 1 
Tachinidae (unidentified puparia)______..-----_--- 10 4 4 27 
Winthemia (?) sinuata Reinhard____..-------------- 4 2 2 3 
Aeniiiaihelyina © ogni 32 So ise 5 2 PD 2 
Hymenoptera: 
Apanteles murtfeldtae AShm_-__________.-_------___- ni) 2 2 2 
PA PANT ELES TES Pee eR ue a a = 1 1 2 
Apantelesisp a (COCOONS) 222s Se ee ea *] 1 1 1 
Casinariamesp! Ss ai 2s Bee Ba. 1 1 1 7 
FAMILY LACOSOMIDAE 
CICINNUS MELSHEIMERI Harr. 
Food plants: Bear oak. 
Occurrence: One collection of eight larvae from Manchester, Conn., in Septem- 
ber. 
Pupae and adults: Not reared. 
Parasiies 
Collections yielding 
this parasite 
Parasite Years 
specimens | recovered 
Number of | Number of 
collections larvae 
Diptera: 
Chrysotachina alcedo Loew-_-_------------------------ 7 1 1 8 
Hymenoptera: 
Apantelesispa( COCOONS) 2225-052 02. ee ee 3 1 1 8 
FAMILY PSYCHIDAE 
THYRIDOPTERYX EPHEMERAEFORMIS Haw. 
Food plants: Various shade and ornamental trees and shrubs. 
Occurrence: Collections from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Often 
reported as defoliating shade and ornamental trees in New Jersey and Pennsyl- 
vania. Apparently it does not survive in New England. 
Totals received: Collections, 26; larvae and pupae, 2,325; years, 8. 
Larvae: June to September. 
Pupae: August to September. 
Adults: September and October. 
