Number 54 ]\Iay 4, 1918 



OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF 

 ZOOLOGY 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 



Ann Arbor, Michigan Pubushed by the University 



A COLLECTION OF LEPIDOPTERA FROM WHITE- 

 FISH POINT, MICHIGAN 



By W. S. McAi^pine 



Introduction 



Hardly a more interesting part of the state could have been 

 selected for investigation than the Whitefish Point region ; 

 its northern location together with its sand dune topography 

 and the isolation of the area to a certain degree are factors 

 which naturally arouse curiosity as to the probable plant and 

 animal associations. 



As a member of the Shiras Expedition to Whitefish Point, 

 from July 21 to August i, 19 14, the writer's time was devoted 

 principally to the study and collection of the Lepidoptera. 

 The expedition was sent out by the Museum of Zoology of the 

 University of Michigan in a further continuation of the 

 biological survey begun in 1912, and was supported by Hon. 

 George Shiras 3rd. The work was done under the general 

 direction of Dr. A. G. Ruthven, director of the Museum. 



A small collection of Lepidoptera and notes on- the group 

 were made during the early part of July, 1913, by Mr. A. W. 



