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Drasteria Hubner. 



318. erichtea Cramer. — Brown with darker spots and bands ; female more uniform 

 in color ; expands 1% to 2 inches. Abundant. Feeds upon clover. 



Var. ngricola is quite common. 



EucLiDEA Hubner. 



319. cuspidea Hubn. — Dark brown with lighter edges and nearly black, angular 

 spots upon front wings; expands 1.40 to 1.65 inches. Common. 



Parallelia Hubner. 



320. oisxriaria Hubn. — Brown, the front wings crossed by two parallel lines; 

 expands V/z to 1% inches. Common. 



Agnomonia Hubner. 



321. nnilis Drury (sesquistriaria Hubn.) — Front wings dark velvety-brown with 

 one and a half white transverse lines; hind wings plain brown; expands 1.40 

 inches. Common. 



Celiptera Guenee. 



322. fnistuhnn Guenee. — Front wings ashy-brown with wavy lines; near the 

 outer edges runs a very distinct dark brown line, edged within by a lighter line and 

 followed by a row of black dots on the inner margin near tlie base; expands \% 

 inches. Rare. 



BoLiNA Duponchel. 



323. Bolina sp.— An undetermined species is in the collection of E. A. Popenoe 

 at Topeka. 



Parthenos Hubner. 



324. nubilis Hubn. — Front wings brown with whitish shades; hind wings black 

 with irregular yellow bands and spots, much resembling the next genus. Rare ; a 

 single specimen taken at Leavenworth by Dr. Carpenter. 



Catocala Schrank. 

 The members of this large and beautiful genus have been unusually abundant 

 during the past season (June to September, 1875), the number of species known 

 to occur in Kansas having been increased from fifteen to forty. All but five 

 of these have been taken at Lawrence, chiefly by Mr. Gaumer and the writer. 

 Thirty species have been taken at Tonganoxie by Mr. T. B. Ashton, and nearly 

 an equal number at Leavenworth, by Dr. Carpenter. As no brief description 

 would enable one to distinguish these closely-allied forms, the forty species are 

 divided into four well-marked groups, based upon the colors of the hind wings. 

 The front wings are always of some shade or shades of ash or brown, often varied 

 with black — colors admirably adapted to conceal the moths when in their usual 

 resting places upon the trunks of trees. 



First Group : Hind wings black and unhanded. 



325. Epione Drury. — Expands 2% inches. Abundant. 



326. lachrymoso, Guenee. — Expands 3 inches. One specimen by Mr. Gaumer. 



327. Bobinsoni Grote. — Expands 2.90 inches. Not common. 



328. Levettei Grote {Judith Strecker). — Expands 2.10 inches. Rare; taken at 

 Tonganoxie by Mr. Ashton, and at Leavenworth by Dr. Carpenter. 



329. insolahilis Guenee. — Hind wings with black fringes; expands 2.90 inches. 

 Common. 



330. simulatilia Grote. — Expands 2.90 inches. One specimen taken by Mr. 

 Gaumer. 



331. obscura Strecker. — Expands 2.45 to 2.90 inches. Taken by Mr. Ashton. 

 Much resembles the preceding species, but the t. p. and the t. a. lines are separated 



