July is, 1918 
Female Lepidoptera at Light Traps 
137 
Table II .—Number and percentage of gravid female Lepidoptera taken at a light trap, 
Hagerstown , Md. t igi6 
, Species. 
Number of 
females 
taken. 
Spent. 
Gravid. 
Number. 
Per cent. 
Apantesis viitata Fabricius..... 
25 
3 
69 
8 
25 
IOO. O 
Apantesis arge Drury. 
Estigmene acraea Drury. 
3 
69 
8 
42 
118 
8S-S 
IOO. 0 
IOO. 0 
96. 0 
0. 0 
73-o 
37.0 
87, 0 
53-3 
48. 7 
80. 0 
94- 8 
Diacrisia virginica Fabricius. 
Isia Isabella Smith and Abbot. 
Halisidota tessellaris Smith and Abbot. 
123 
2 
5 
Autographa biloba Stephens . 
Autograpka simplex Guende . 
71 
Tfi 
19 
52 
7 
67 
444 
276 
339 
49 
Meliana tfzJfWa Walker . 
Polia renigera Stephens . 
77 
833 
566 
A9.A 
IO 
389 
Caenurgia erechted Cramer . . 
Caenurgia crassiuscula Haworth . 
Cirphis unipuncta Haworth . 
«S 
58 
Noctua c-nigrum Linnaeus . 
T A7 
Arsilonchealbovenosa Goeze . 
XV/ 
T T 
Feltia spp . 
798 
Tn 
394 
404 
19 
50. 6 
100. 0 
Datana mimstra Drury . 
* 
A y 
Total. 
3, 197 
i,34o 
*.857 
58. 0 
Table III .—Condition of the ovaries of Lepidoptera taken at a light trap, Hagerstown, 
Md., iqi 6 
APANTESIS VITTATA 
Date. 
Num¬ 
ber 
taken. 
Condition of 
ovaries. 
Number and development of eggs. 
Spent. 
Gravid. 
July 26 
2 
0 
2 
11D; 93D. 
30 
3 
0 
3 
n6D; 96D; I23D. 
A 31 
2 
0 
2 
67D; 76D. 
Au S- 3 
6 
0 
6 
I29D; I46D; I22D; I3ID; 96D; 224D. 
4 
5 
0 
S 
78D; 89D; I08D; 95D; ii 3 d. 
6 
3 
0 
3 
77 l>: 53 I) ; 47 ^. 
8 
1 
0 
1 
103D. 
9 
1 
0 
i 
139D. 
T 5 
1 
0 
1 
166D. 
22 
1 
0 
1 
113D. 
APANTESIS ARGE 
July 
20 
I 
O 
I 
I56D. 
Aug. 
26 
I 
0 
I 
97 D. 
25 
I 
O 
I 
I29D. 
