Macrobotys thestealis (Wlk.) 



Food plant: Violet. 



Occurrence: Beverly, Mass. 



Totals received: Collections, 1; pupae, 2; years, 1. 



Larvae: May and June. 



Pupae: June and July. 



Adults: July. 



Parasites: None. 



Macrobotys theseusalis (Wlk.) 



Food plant: Fern. 

 Occurrence: Melrose, Mass. 

 Total received: One larva. 

 Larva: May, June. 

 Pupa: June and July. 

 Adult: July. 

 Parasites: None. 



Pyrausta futilalis (Led.) 



Food plant: Dogbane. 



Occurrence: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, 

 Connecticut, and New Jersey. 



Totals received: Collections, 36; larvae, 3,520; years, 13. 



Larvae: June to October. 



Pupae: July and August, and June (hibernate as prepupal larvae 

 in cocoons). 



Adults: June to July and August and September. 



Generations: At least one and a partial second brood from New 

 Hampshire and south. Possibly only one brood in Maine. 



Parasites: 



Collections Host 



Parasite Years yielding larvae 



Diptera: specimens recovered parasite collected 



Larvaevoridae (unidentified puparia) 4 2 2 76 



Lixophaga plumbea Aid 49 3 6 1, 309 



Nemorilla fl oralis (Fall.) 1 1 1 93 



Phorocera erecta Coq 13 5 7 1,689 



Phyllomya sp. near aenea Coq * 117 3 7 1,238 



Zenillia euchaetiae Sellers 9 3 4 201 



Hymenoptera: 



Apanteles pyraustae Vier *452 11 29 3, 133 



Campoplex validus (Cress.) 72 8 12 699 



Chelonus (Microchelonus) egregicolor Vier. 



(Ex Apanteles cocoons) 31 4 7 960 



Elasmus atratus How 29 1 597 



Horismenus microgaster (Ashm.) 111 597 



Mesochorus sp 4 11 597 



Meteorus loxostegei Vier 144 3 7 1, 173 



Perilampus fulvicornis Ashm 6 2 193 



Tetrastichus modestus How 14 1 1 597 



1 As many as 3 individuals per host. 



Pyrausta unifascialis (Pack.) 



Food plant: Bean. 

 Occurrence: Saugus, Mass. 

 Total received: One larva. 

 Larva: July and August. 

 Pupa: August. 

 Adult: August. 

 Parasites: None. 



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