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PARASITE 
Hymenoptera 
Ichneumonidae 
Metopius sp. 
Year 
recorded 
1945 
Distribution 
Grey 
Date 
emerged 
Coll, yielding 
this parasite _ 
No. larvae 
md/or pupae 
(Feb.*46) 
No. 4857 
Melanolophia signataria Wlk. 
Year recorded : 1940 
Food Plant : Spruce 
Distribution : Hastings 
Larvae : Aug. 
Number of Collections : 
Total Number of Specimens 
Pupae : Sept* 
Adults: (May and June) 
1 (*40) 
1 ('40) 
No. 4875 Protoboarmia porcelaria Wlk. 
Years recorded : 1938 — 1948 incl. 
Food Plants: SPRUCE (46), Pine (14), Balsam (12), Larch (ll), HemlfcL" (8), Cedar (6), Birch (5), Ash (l). 
Elm (1), Locust (1), Oak (l) and Poplar (2) 
Distribution : Carleton, Frontenac, Grenville, Grey, Haldimand, Ilaliburton, Hastings, Lanark, Lincoln, 
Simcoe and Gatineau (Que.) 
Larvae : May, June, July, Aug. and Sept. ' Pupae : June, July and Aug. Adults^ June and July 
Number of Collections: 
12 ('38), 11 ('39), 13 ('40), 12 (’41), 3 ('42), 8 (’43), 8 ('44), 2 ('45), 
17 ('46), 7 ('47), 15 ('48) - 108 
Total Number of Specimens: 22 ('38), 33 (’39), 31 (’40), 14 ('41), 3 (-42), 30 (’43), 18 ('44), 9 (’45), 
24 ('46), 14 (’47), 21 ('48) = 219 
N.B. Sometimes overwinters in the larval stage 
