298 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [December, 



LEPIDOPTERA IN SOUTH DAKOTA. 



By P. C. TRUMAN, Volga, S. Dak. 



Volga is located in the midst of a vast prairie stretching many 

 miles in every direction. About two miles distant runs the Little 

 Sioux River having a light fringe of timber and brushwood on 

 its banks. Some ten miles away are several small lakes and be- 

 tween small bodies of timber, perhaps 200 acres in all. Aside 

 from that the only trees are a few planted by the farmers and 

 villagers. In this section I have collected Lepidoptera for some 

 six years. But my collecting has been sadly interfered with by 

 professional and other duties. Next to the small boy dried ap- 

 ples have been my greatest aid in capturing the festive "bug." 

 The following is a list of the species I have found here divided 

 into three classes common, rare and very rare. 



COMMON. 



Danais archippus Pamphila pawnee 

 Euptoieta claudia peckius 



Argynnis idalia mystic 



cybele metacomet 



myrina Pyrgus tessellata 



Phyciodes nycteis Pholisora catullus 



carlota Eudamus tityrus 



tharos Hemaris diffinis 



Grapta interrogationis Deilephila lineata 



" comma Sphinx chersis 



Vanessa antiopa Ceratomia undulosa 



Pyrameis atalanta Paonias excaecatus 



cardui Alypia octomaculata 



Limenitis disippus Scepsis fulvicollis 



Apatura celtis Euphanessa mendica 



Neonympha canthus Crocota ferruginosa 



Ccenonympha ochracea Callimorpha lecontei 

 Satyrus olympia vestalis 



Thecla acadica Pyrrharctia Isabella 



Cnrysophanus thce Leucarctia acrea 



helloides Spilosoma virginica 



Lycaena melissa Euchsetes collaris 



" comyntas Halisidota tessellata 

 Pieris protodice caryae 



rapse Datana ministra 



Colias eurytheme Attacus cecropia 



Papilio asterias Hemileuca nevadensis 



Thymelicus poweshiek Clisiocampa americana 



