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pands 1% to 21/g inches. Common; feeds upon the common locust tree {Bohinia 

 pscuducacia), and rose-acacia {Rohinia Mspida). 



Thorybes Scudder. 



57. bathyllus Abb.-Sm. — Abundant. 



58. Pylades Scudder. Rare. 



NisoNiADES Hubner. 



59. juvcnalis Fab. — Common. Feeds upon oak and English filbert 



60. Martialis Scudder. — Common. 



61. Brizo Bois. — Rare. 



62. Horatius Scudder. — Not uncommon ; a near ally of jurcnalis, perhaps only 

 a variety of that species. 



Pholisora Scudder. 



63. Catullus Fabr. — Abundant; feeds upon pigweed. 



64. Hayhurstii Edwards. — Rare ; only three specimens taken. 



Hesperia Fabricius. 



65. tessellata Scudder.— Gray-black with many small rectangular white spots; 

 expands \% to 1}4, inches. Abundant. 



Ancyloxypua Felder. 



66. numitor Fabr. — Not common ; this and catullus are the smallest species iiL 

 this family, expanding only one inch. 



Atrytone Scudder. 



67. Iowa Scudder. — Common. 



68. Delaware Edwards. — Rare ; one specimen taken by G. F. Gaumer. 



69. Kumskaka Scudder Mss. — Rare ; two specimens taken. 



70. Hohomok Harris. — Rare. 



EuTiiYMus Scudder. 



71. j)hylaus Drury. — Rare in former years; common in 1875. 



Atalopedes Scudder. 



72. Huron Edwards. — Abundant. 



Anthomaster Scudder. 



73. Leonardus Harris. — Rare. 



Polites Scudder. 



74. Peckius Kirby. — Rare. 



LiMOCHOREs Scudder 



75. ecrnes Bois.-Lec. — Common. 



EuPHYES Scudder. 



76. Mctacomet Harris. — Rare. 



77. vierna Edwards. — Rare. 



FAMILY IX. 



SPHIMGID^; hawk moths. 



The members of this family have been termed Crepuscular Lepidoptera to distin- 

 guish them from the diurnal and the Nocturnal Lepidoptera. They fly about 

 flowers, chiefly at dusk, and in their movements bear no little resemblance to hum- 

 ming-birds. In the arrangement of species I have followed the monograph of Dr. 

 Brackeuridge Clemens. Twenty-seven species are known to occur in Kansas, 

 twenty-three of which have been taken at Lawrence; the four remaining species 

 Avere taken at Leavenworth and Tonganoxie, by Dr. W. B. Carpenter and Mr. T. B. 



Ashton. 



Sesia Fabr. Clear-winged Sphinges. 



78. axillaris Grotc. — "Wings transparent except on margins; expands \% to 1^ 

 inches; common. 



