A CATALOGUE OF THE BUTTERFLIES KNOWN TO 

 OCCUR IN INDIANA. 



BY W. S. BLATCHLEY, TERRE HAUTE, IND. 



So far as can be ascertained no attempt has heretofore been made to 

 catalogue the Diurnal Lepidoptera, or Butterflies, found in Indiana. 

 Quite a number of persons have collected in various counties of the 

 State, yet, as far as known, but two local lists have been published. 

 One, "A List of the Butterflies of Decatur County, Indiana," by "W. 

 P. Shannon, was read by title before the Academy of Science, at Indi" 

 anapolis, in December, 1887, and hectograph copies were afterward dis- 

 tributed by the author. The list contained the names of forty species, 

 taken in the county mentioned. The other list was prepared by the 

 present writer, and published in the Hoosier Naturalist, of November 

 and December, 1886, under the title of "Some Southern Indiana But- 

 terflies." It contained the names of, and brief notes concerning, fifty- 

 three species taken in Monroe and Brown counties. Since 1886 the 

 writer has collected more or less each season in various parts of the 

 State, especially in Putnam, Wabash and Vigo counties, where a num- 

 ber of interesting and rare species have been taken. During my study 

 of butterflies I have often felt the need of a catalogue of those species 

 known to occur in the State, and believing that such a work would be 

 of some value to future collectors, the present paper has been prepared. 

 It comprises 108 species that have been taken within the boundaries of 

 the State no species being included except upon good authority. Of 

 these, 81 are in the writer's collection, and were taken in the. counties 

 above mentioned, or in Lagrange, Kosciusko or Montgomery counties. 



The remaining 27 species are in the collections of W. H. Edwards, of 

 Coalburg, West Virginia ; S. G. Evans, of Evansville, Indiana ; C. E. 

 Worthington, of Chicago, Illinois ; or Geo. C. Hubbard, of Madison, 

 Indiana. Mr. Edwards, who is one of the leading authorities upon but- 

 terflies in the United States, has received specimens from several persons 

 in the State, chief among whom are the late Dr. G. M. Levette, of Indi- 

 anapolis, and W. C. Gallager, of Ross, and he kindly furnished me a 

 list of those in his collection from Indiana. 



