GIPSY MOTH WORK IN NEW ENGLAND. 
factor in reducing the infestation of the gipsy moth even under our 
adverse food-plant conditions. The most valuable species will be 
mentioned briefly in order to give an idea of their habits. 
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FlG. 1. — Anastatus bifasciatus: Adult female. Greatly enlarged. (From Howard.) 
Two species of minute hymenopterous parasites which attack the 
eggs of the gipsy moth have become established in New England. 
One, Anastatus bifasciatus Fonsc. (fig. 1), occurs in Europe and 
Japan, and although only one brood of this insect is reproduced each 
Fig. 2.—Schedius kuvanae Adult female. Greatly enlarged. (From Howard.) 
season, it has succeeded in maintaining itself and increasing in prac- 
tically every locality in which it has been liberated. The other 
species, Schedius "kuvanae How. (fig. 2), was imported from Japan. 
