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either Manhattan or Lincoln, where the material was sorted and the 

 results were tabulated. The number of nights for which records were 

 obtained are as follows: Cherry vale 202, Garden City 612, Hays 214, 

 Manhattan 629, Lincoln 656, and Scottsbluff 406. 



It was at first intended to record all species of Phalaenidae taken at 

 the several traps. Limitations of time, however, made it necessary 

 to omit some of the smaller forms and the species of the genus Catocala, 

 and in 1937 only species of known economic importance were recorded 

 from Manhattan and Garden City. Altogether 305 species were 

 taken and 525,547 individuals. The total yearly catch of each species 

 for the different localities, together with the flight period, is shown 

 in table 1. The sequence of genera and species is in accordance with 

 McDunnough's Check list of Lepidoptera. 3 Much of the material 

 was identified by the writers, largely by comparison with specmiens 

 determined by J. F. Gates Clarke, of the Division of Insect Identifica- 

 tion, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, Rowland R. 

 McElvare, New York City, and the late F. H. Benjamin. Credit is 

 due these men for their careful and painstaking work. 



3 McDtJNNOUGH, J. CHECK LIST OF THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



PART I. macrolepidoptera. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. Mem. 1,275 pp. 1938. 



