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Chelonus annul ipes was recovered at only one point in the Lake States 
area. 
In the Eastern States area, complexes of several parasites were found at 
a number of points. In Middlesex County, Mass., Inareolata punctoria , Lydella 
grisescens , and native parasites were responsible for a parasitization of 11.6 
percent, with I_. punctoria the predominant species. In southeastern Few Englaj 
a parasitization of IS, 5 percent was observed. The polyembryonic braconid 
Macrocentrus gifuonsis was the chief parasite in this area, with L. grisescens . 
I_. punctoria , and native species being present, their abundance being in the 
order given. 
At Hartford, Conn., Inareolata punctoria , Lydella grisescens , Chelonus 
annul ipes , and native parasites were recovered. Here I_. punctoria was the mos 
abundant species, with L. grisescens second in importance. 
At Burlington, H. J., four species of exotic parasites wo re recovered but 
none were abundant at this recently established release point. 
Inareolata punctoria. and Lydella grisescens were recovered in small numbo 
at several other points in the Eastern States area.. 
