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Number per host: One. 
Generations: Probably two. 
Hibernation: As maggot in host pupa. 
NEaR THYSANOMYIA 
Host: Hemaris thysbet Fab. 
Localities: Lawrence and Wakefield, Mass. 
Adults: June to July, and August to September. 
Number per host: One to three. 
Generations: Two. 
Hibernation: As maggot in host pupa. 
STURMIA SP., NEAR BAKERI Cog 
Host: Amphion nessus Cram. 
Locality: Melrose, Mass. 
Adults: May and June. 
Number per host: As many as six. 
Generations: One. 
Hibernation: In the puparium. 
STURMIA FRAUDULENTA VY. D. W. 
Host: Erynnis icelust Scud. and Burg. 
Localities: Dover and Melrose, Mass. 
Adults: June (host larvae collected the previous September) 
Number per host: One. 
Generations: Possibly two (?). 
Hibernation: As maggot in full-grown host larva. 
This host species pupates the latter part of April. The parasite 
maggot issues from the host pupa early in May and forms its 
puparium in the leaf mold. 
STURMIA INCOMPTA V. D. W. 
Host: Ceratomia amyntor{t Hbn. 
Locality: Concord, N.H. 
Adults: July and September. 
Number per host: Six to tweive. 
Generations: Two. 
Hibernation: As maggot in host pupa. 
STURMIA NIGRITA TOWN. 
Host: Papaipema nebris Guen. 
Localities: Milford, N.H., and Melrose, Mass. 
Adults: August and September. 
Number per host: Qne. 
Generations: Two. 
Hibernation: Method not known. 
STURMIA RICINORUM TowN. 
Hosts: Diacrisia virginica Fab., Estigmene acreat Dru., Utethezsa bella L., uni 
dentified arctiid. 
Localities: Many in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. 
Adults: June and July. 
Number per host: From one to seven. 
Generations: Two, possibly three. 
Hibernation: As maggot in host pupa. 
STURMIA SCUTELLATA DEsv. 
Hosts: Graptolitha sp., unidentified Catocala, unidentified noctuid, Datana 
integerrima G. and R., Symmerista albifrons S. and A., Porthetria dispar L., 
Malacosoma disstria Hbn. 
Localities: Many in New England. 
Adults: May. 
