102 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF KANSAS LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY PROF. F. H. SNOW, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. 



In vol. IV. of the Transactions of this Academy (1875), the writer published 

 a " Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Eastern Kansas," giving brief descrip- 

 tions of 503 species, and mentioning their food-plants as far as known. Dur- 

 ing the five years since the publication of that catalogue he has been able to 

 add 140 species to the list, 116 of which were taken in Douglas county, within 

 five miles of Lawrence, and about thirty miles west of the Missouri river* 

 Fourteen species were taken in western Kansas, in Wallace and Gove coun- 

 ties, by the various scientific expeditions of the Kansas University; seven 

 were taken at Topeka, by Prof E, A. Popenoe; two at Tonganoxie, by T, B. 

 Ashton ; and one at Columbus, by Geo. F. Gaumer. Including these addi- 

 tions, the Lepidoptera of Kansas are classified as follows: 



Diurnal Lepidoptera, or Butterflies 84 



Sphingidce, or Hawk Moths 31 



Aegeriadce, or Aegerians 7 



ZygaenidcB 7 



BonibycidcB, or Silkworm Moths 79 



NocluidcB, or Owlet Moths 294 



PhalcenidcB, or Geometrids 72 



Pyralidm, or Snout Moths 52 



TortricidcB, or Leaf-rollers 10 



Tineidm, or Tineids 6 



Pterophoridce, or Plume Moths 1 



Total number of species thus far catalogued 643 



The additions to the previous list are the following : 



DiURNALS. 



Pieris rap?e Linn. European cabbage butterfly ; abundant at Lawrence since March, 

 1880. 



Gonepteryx Lycide Godt. Lawrence; L. L. Dyche. 



Thecla M-album Boisd. Columbus; Geo. F. Gaumer. 



Lycsena Melissa Edw. Western Kansas, in Wallace and Gove counties. 



Lycsena Acmon West.-Hew. Wallace county. 



Ancyloxypha Waco Edw. 



Pamphila Uncas Edw. Wallace and Gove counties. 



Sphingid^. 

 Sesia diffinis Grote. 

 Aellopos Titan Cramer. 



Proserpinus gaurse Sm.-Abh. Wallace county. 

 Sphinx Canadensis Boisd. Leavenworth county; T. B. Ashton. 



Aegeriad^. 

 Aegeria — three undetermined species. Wallace county. 



Zyg.enid^. 

 Ctenucha venosa Walk. 

 Lycomorpha pholus Drury. 

 Thyris lugubris Boisd, Topeka ; Prof. E. A. Popenoe. 



