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  Noctuid^e 
  "at 
  Sug-ak." 
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  V. 
  COLLCTIONS 
  OF 
  NOCTUIDAE 
  "AT 
  SUGAR." 
  

  

  AT 
  SCHENECTADY, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  IN 
  1875. 
  

  

  The 
  list 
  below 
  given 
  is 
  a 
  record 
  of 
  collections 
  made 
  between 
  

   the 
  7th 
  of 
  July 
  and 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  on 
  the 
  25th 
  of 
  Oc- 
  

   tober. 
  It 
  includes 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Noctuidse 
  (one 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  thirty- 
  one 
  in 
  number) 
  that 
  were 
  captured 
  or 
  observed 
  on 
  

   the 
  fifty-three 
  evenings 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  — 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  

   evenings 
  of 
  each 
  week. 
  A 
  few 
  species 
  of 
  Bombycidse, 
  Phalse- 
  

   nidse, 
  Pyralidse 
  and 
  some 
  Microlepidoptera 
  were 
  also 
  taken, 
  

   which 
  are 
  not 
  embraced 
  in 
  the 
  list. 
  

  

  The 
  attempts 
  previously 
  made 
  by 
  me 
  at 
  collecting 
  by 
  sugar- 
  

   ing, 
  had 
  been 
  attended 
  with 
  no 
  success. 
  The 
  satisfactory 
  

   results 
  obtained 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  ascribed 
  to 
  persistent 
  

   and 
  more 
  extended 
  sugaring 
  than 
  before 
  employed. 
  The 
  lo- 
  

   cality 
  was 
  not 
  an 
  unusually 
  favorable 
  one, 
  for, 
  instead 
  of 
  

   choosing 
  a 
  place 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  " 
  on 
  the 
  border 
  of 
  some 
  wood," 
  

   as 
  has 
  been 
  usually 
  recommended, 
  where 
  the 
  proper 
  number 
  

   of 
  trees 
  of 
  a 
  certain 
  diameter 
  and 
  character 
  of 
  bark 
  could 
  be 
  

   found, 
  the 
  collections 
  were 
  entirely 
  confined 
  to 
  my 
  garden 
  — 
  

   not 
  a 
  large 
  one 
  — 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Schenectady. 
  It 
  was 
  an 
  un- 
  

   expected 
  revelation 
  that 
  collections 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  variety 
  and 
  ex- 
  

   tent 
  could 
  be 
  made 
  within 
  city 
  limits, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  garden 
  where 
  

   the 
  presence 
  of 
  flowers 
  undoubtedly 
  interfered 
  with 
  the 
  at- 
  

   tractions 
  of 
  the 
  bait. 
  But 
  as 
  the 
  convenient 
  locality 
  of 
  one's 
  

   own 
  home 
  may 
  not 
  always 
  prove 
  equally 
  productive 
  in 
  other 
  

   cities, 
  the 
  statement 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  that 
  my 
  residence 
  was 
  

   within 
  a 
  block 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  northern 
  

   boundary 
  of 
  Schenectady, 
  — 
  a 
  city 
  of 
  comparatively 
  small 
  size, 
  

   numbering 
  under 
  13,000 
  inhabitants. 
  

  

  The 
  slats 
  and 
  posts 
  of 
  a 
  grape 
  trellis 
  of 
  sixty 
  feet 
  in 
  extent, 
  

   offered 
  a 
  convenient 
  place 
  upon 
  which 
  to 
  spread 
  the 
  bait: 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  extending 
  over 
  the 
  slats 
  had 
  been 
  removed, 
  except 
  

   at 
  intervals, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  permitted 
  to 
  remain 
  to 
  serve 
  as 
  

   a 
  cover 
  or 
  a 
  lure 
  to 
  the 
  moths 
  attracted 
  thither. 
  The 
  odor 
  

   diffused 
  from 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  surface 
  sugared 
  — 
  computed 
  at 
  six- 
  

   teen 
  square 
  feet 
  — 
  was 
  evidently 
  sufficient 
  to 
  draw 
  the 
  moths 
  

  

  