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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 85 



Identifications of Lepidoptera 



Number of 

 Family identifications 



Tineidae 499 



Elachistidae 5 



Gelechiidae 5 



Tortricidae 149 



Crambidae 17 



Pyralidae 38 



Sesiidae 2 



Cossidae 5 



Cochlidiidae 2 



Psychidae 2 



Geometridae 87 



Bombycidae 6 



Lasicampidae 174 



Liparidae 7 



Notodontidae 118 



Noctuidae 1,128 



Agaristidae 4 



Arctiidae 68 



Ceratocampidae 66 



Saturniidae 29 



Sphingidae 156 



Moths (further unidenti- 

 fied) 2,116 



All moths 4,683 



Hesperiidae 9 



Lymnadidae I 



Nymphalidae 59 



Pieridae i 



Papilionidae 2 



Butterflies (further un- 

 identified) 41 



All butterflies 113 



Lepidopterous eggs 134 



Lepidopterous larvae 12,676 



Lepidopterous cocoons and 



chrysalides 227 



Lepidopterous adults 654 



PercentaRe of 

 identifications 



among all 

 Lepidoptera 



.2098 



.0021 



.0021 



.0626 



.0071 



.0160 



.0008 



.0021 



.0008 



.0008 



.0366 



.0025 



•0731 

 .0029 

 .0496 

 •4742 

 .0017 

 .0286 

 .0277 

 .0122 

 .0656 



1.9685 

 .0038 

 .0004 

 .0248 

 .0004 

 .0008 



.0172 

 ■0474 

 •4233 



5-3-'9i 



•0954 

 .2749 



Percentage 



of species 



in this family 



among 



described 



nearctic 



species of 



Lepidoptera ^ 



6.3575 

 2.9296 

 4.4548 



.2183 



10.0573 



1.5252 



•3171 



■4983 



.1963 



12.2318 

 .0151 

 .3624 

 .2265 



I.2S33 



32.1049 



.2265 



1.7668 



.1812 



.4681 



1-2533 



90.1541 



2.9447 



•0453 



2.5218 



.9664 



•3171 



9.8459 



'Computed from Dyar, II. G., A list of Nortii American Li-pidoptera, etc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, 723 pp., 1902. 



