Pupae: May and June (hibernates as prepupal larva in tough 

 cocoon attached to twigs or branches of its host plant). 

 Adults : Late June to early August. 

 Parasites : 



Host 



Collections larvae 



Parasite Years yielding or cocoons 



Diptera: specimens recovered parasites collected 



Chaetexorista javana B. & B. 1 14 3 7 1,323 



Compsilura concinnata (Meig.) 3 3 3 293 



Hymenoptera: 



Psycophagus omnivorus (Wlk.) 4 11 227 



1 This parasite was imported from Japan in 1929 and 1930. Approximately 

 85,000 adults were liberated at 16 points in Boston and vicinity. The first re- 

 coveries were made in 1930. See U. S. Dept. Agr. Cir. 277, June 1933. 



Phobetron pithecium (A. & S.) hag moth 



Food plants: Apple, aspen, ash, wild cherry, chokecherry, hickory, 

 maple, oaks, shadbush, walnut. 



Occurrence: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, 

 and New Jersey. 



Totals received: Collections, 22; larvae, 38; years, 13. 



Larvae: July to October. 



Pupae: Spring (hibernates as prepupal larva in cocoon). 



Adults : June to July. 



Parasites . 



Collections Host 

 Parasite Years yielding larvae 

 Diptera: specimens recovered parasite collected 



A>naporia pristis (Wlk.) 1111 



Larvaevoridae 



(unidentified puparium) 1 1 1 7 



Phorocera longiuscula (Wlk.) 1112 



Hymenoptera: 



Spilochalcis nortonii (Cress.) 2 112 



Prolimacodes hadia (Hbn.) 



Food plants; Wild cherry, chokecherry, oak, tupelo, walnut, winter- 

 berry. 



Occurrence: Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. 



Totals received: Collections, 7; larvae, 12; years, 6. 



Larvae: August and September. 



Pupae: Spring (hibernates as prepupal larva in cocoon). 



Adults : Late June and July. 



Parasites : 



Collections Host 

 Diptera: Parasite Years yielding larvae 



Larvaevoridae specimens recovered parasite collected 



(unidentified puparium) 1111 



Lithacodes fasciola (H.-S.) 



Food plants: Bayberry, high blueberry, wild cherry, black currant, 

 hickory, oaks. 



Occurrence: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. 



Totals received: Collections, 11; larvae, 46; years, 6. 



Larvae: August and September. 



Pupae : Cocoon from fall to June (probably hibernates as prepupal 

 larva) . 



Adults: Late June and July. 



