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THE MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA OF SENECA COUNTY, OHIO. 



W. F. Henninger. 



Throtigh a combination of circumstances, comparatively 

 rich material of the order Lepidoptera has come into my hands, 

 and on this account I am led to prepare the list which follows. 

 It is not claimed that the list contains any species new to ento- 

 mologists, but it has ^•alue in showing the occurrence of certain 

 species in the state. 



Louis Ullrich, of Tiffin, collected butterflies and moths for 

 many years. He did not publish much but aided other workers 

 of the country materially, being the first man to obtain a detailed 

 life history of Debis portlandia as well as to add to our knowl- 

 edge of various other species. His collection at one time num- 

 bered fully 22000 specimens, and Spencer F. Baird tried to 

 induce him to donate it to the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. 

 Ullrich followed the profession of a druggist for years, but financial 

 reverses caused him to change and he became a successful florist. 

 After he became prosperous in this new business, I persuaded 

 him to take up work on the Lepidoptera again. He had reached 

 an advanced age, however, and did not live a great while, his 

 death occurring in 190G. 



I purchased what was left of his collection, approximately 

 3000 specimens, 2100 of which were in excellent condition. He 

 had collected ninety species of Geometridae in Seneca County 

 but these were destroyed previously by Dermestes. The collec- 

 tion also contains many species of European and Indian Lepidop- 

 tera. The Diurnals were identified by W. H. Edwards, as were 

 some of the others. 



A little later a collection of 2()(J0 specimens belonging to Mr. 

 Harry F. Murphy, former secretary of Congressman Jackson, 

 •came into my possession. Many of these are of local interest. 

 The 5000 specimens thus obtained are responsible for the data 

 in regard to the rarer species, but some of the more common ones 

 are of my own collecting at odd moments of a busy professional 

 life. Much of my spare time too has been spent in bird study. 



For a short description of Seneca County, I refer the reader to 

 the Wilson Bulletin, number 5.5 , page 4<S. 



My thanks are due to Prof. H. Osbom, of Ohio State Univer- 

 sity, for kind advice, and to Mr. Wm. Kayser, of Wapakoneta, 

 for the use of his fine collection of Lepidoptera for identifying sev- 

 eral species. A few of the species collected in Seneca County have 

 not been determined and so arc not included in this list. 



The nomenclature used for the butterflies is according to 

 Holland, while that used for the moths is after Dvar. 



