HISTORICAL NOTE
Hahn William Capps (1903-___), an entomologist, received his B.S. degree from
the University of Kansas in 1929. Capps joined the staff of the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1930 when he was appointed Plant
Quarantine Inspector with the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. He
was made Assistant Entomologist in 1938, and Entomologist in 1940, a position
he held until his retirement in 1964. Capps specialized in the study of
Lepidoptera in both their larval and adult stages.
DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
The papers of Hahn William Capps document his career with the USDA and his
research on Lepidoptera. They include incoming and outgoing correspondence
concerning the identification of specimens, publication of papers, and
professional activities; notes, lists, manuscripts, and bibliographical
references from his research; newsletters of The Lepidopterist's Society,
1959-1964; and annual reports which he submitted to the USDA, 1939-1952.
Box 1 of 2
- A
- Anderson, W.H., Memoranda to
- Ba-Bo
- Br
- Box, Harold E.
- Lists
- Bourquin, Fernando
- Crumb, S.E.
- C-D
- Dekle, George W.
- D-F
- Franclemont, John G.
- F-H
- Kimball, Charles P.
- Klots, A.B.
- Lange, W. Harry
- K-M
- MacKay, Margaret R.
- M
- McDunnough, J. (2 folders)
- M
- B-C
- R
- N-O
- Okumura, George T.
- Oman, P.W.
- R-S
- P-Q
- T
- T-W
- S-T
- W-Z
- Whalley, Paul E.S.
- Unarranged Correspondence
- Plates
- Family Descriptions for Lepidopterous Larvae
- Information on Larval Collection
- Miscellaneous Photographs and Sketches of Larvae and Pupae
- Miscellaneous Notes and Keys for Persons in Field Work
- Miscellaneous References on Preservation, Dissection of Larvae, etc.
- Larval Descriptions and Food Plants (various authors)
- Additional Setae on Mandibles, Trophi, Submentum
- Crochets Heteroideous
- Eversible Glands
- Evolution of Insect Larvae
- Feculae
- Eggs
- Submental Pit
- Sclerotized Ring at Base of Setae
- Rearing
- Parthenogenisis
- Instar Measurements
- Head Setae
- "Keys for the Identification of Some Lepidopterous Larvae...," 1956
- "Keys for Some Lepidopterous Larvae Frequently Intercepted at Quarantine," 1963
- Pupae (Miscellaneous)
- Distribution Records, etc. of Miscellaneous Insects
- Miscellaneous Larval Papers for Reference for Key to Families Project
- Biometrics (Statistical Data)
- Key to Larvae of Holometabolous Insects
- Miscellaneous Notes for Key to Families of North American Lepidoptera
- Miscellaneous Larval Notes, Sketches, etc. (Unpublished)
- Lepidopterous Larval Notes on Mixed Series in Collection
- Lists
- Identifications
- Lepidopterous Larval Catalogue Notes
- Larval Papers - Miscellaneous References
- Miscellaneous Notes
- Check for Material
- Drawings
- Larval Figures Received from A. Peterson
- Larvae - Miscellaneous Notes, Drawings, etc. Received from Carl Heinrich
- Keiferia lycopersicella (Busck) - Pupae
- Lepidopterist's News, 1959-1964
- List of Larvae Decribed by Dyar from Mexico
- Annual Reports, 1939-1982
- Gracilariidae
- Lyonetiidae
- Arrhenophanidae
- Psychidae
- Tineidae
- Acrolophidae
- Tischeriidae
Box 2 of 2
- Elachistidae
- Nepticulidae
- Prodoxidae
- Hepialidae
- Miscellaneous
- Olethreutidae
- Tortricidae
- Phaloniidae
- Carposinidae
- Aegeriidae
- Castniidae
- Gelechioidea: General Notes
- Cosmopterygidae
- Momphidae
- Gelechiidae
- Oecophoridae
- Blastobasidae
- Stenomidae
- Xyloryctidae
- Glyphipterygidae
- Hyponomeutidae
- Heliodinidae
- Scythrididae
- Zanolidae
- Eupterotidae
- Bombycidae (2 folders)
- Hypsidae
- Thyatiridae
- Drepanidae
- Geometridae
- Limacodidae
- Megalopygidae
- Dalceridae
- Zygaenidae
- Pterophoridae
- Hyblaeidae
- Alucitidae
- Cossidae
- Brassolidae
- Pieridae
- Papilionidae
- Danaidae
- Satyridae
- Nymphalidae
- Libytheidae
- Riodinidae
- Lycaenidae
- Hesperiidae
- Sphingidae
- Citheroniidae
- Saturniidae
- Amatidae
- Nolidae
- Arctiidae
- Phalaenidae (2 folders)
- Pericopidae
- Dioptidae
- Notodontidae
- Lymantriidae
- Lasiocampidae
- Crumb Material Incorporated
- Lyons, L.A.
- List of Lepidoptera, Immature Stages in Alcohol
- "An Illustrated Key for Identification of Larvae of the Cotton-Pest Species...," 1958
- "Descriptions of the Larva of Keiferia Oeniculo Heinrich...," 1946
- Identifications
- Invoices (Museum Loans)
- "Lepidoptera for Parasite List...," 1943
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