Fumaria casta (Pall.) 



Food plants: Lichens and mosses. (The species has also been found 

 feeding on the European beech scale (Cryptococcus fagi) .) 

 Occurrence: Boston and Brookline, Mass. 

 Totals received: Collections, 3; larvae and pupae, 85; years, 3. 

 Larvae : July to following spring. 

 Pupae: June- July 

 Adults : Late in June-July. 

 Parasites : 



Collections Host larvae 



Parasite Years re- yielding and pupae 



Hy menoptera : specimens covered parasite collected 



Dibrachys cavus (Wlk.) 4 1 1 18 



FAMILY TINEIDAE 



Monopis crocicapitella (Clem.) 



Food plants: Refuse and possibly peat moss in breeding jars. 

 Occurrence: In laboratory at Melrose Highlands, Mass., in 1930-31. 

 Larvae: June, July-August (a casebearer). 

 Pupae: Apparently from fall to spring. 

 Adults: Late in May and in August. 

 Parasites: None. 



FAMILY INCURVARIIDAE 



Paraclemensia acerifoliella (Fitch) maple leaf cutter 



Food plant: Sugar maple. 



Occurrence : Vermont and New York. 



Totals received: Collections, 6; larvae, f several hundred; years, 5. 



Larvae: June to September. 



Pupae: Fall to spring. 



Adults: May. 



Parasites: None. 



Parasite-Host List 

 Diptera 



FAMILY MUSCIDAE 



Muscina assimilis (Fall.) 



Host: Melittia cucurbitae (Harris). 

 Localities: Brockton and Melrose, Mass. 

 Adults: September. 

 Number per host: Gregarious. 

 Generations: At least two. 

 Hibernation: Puparium in soil. 



FAMILY BOMBYLIIDAE 



Systropus macer Loew 



Host: Lithacodes fasciola (H.-S.) 

 Locality: Saybrook, Conn. 

 Adults: June. 



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