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full. I was not without aid however. I had with me a quick- 

 eyed and quick-fingered friend, and a stranger seeing us at work 

 offered his assistance, and proved a useful ally. Of course he 

 proved to be a naturalist, a botanist from Boston, an enthusiast 

 as to his own specialty, and a sympathising listener to the riders 

 of other hobby horses. In less than half an hour we had taken 

 fifty-nine insects, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Hemip- 

 tera and Lepidoptera. Of this last order, my own specialty, we 

 found but one specimen. Oddly enough, this was one of the 

 ^geridadae, Albuna torva Hy. Edw. This was first described 

 from specimens taken in "Glen, Mt. Washington, N. H., Van- 

 couver Island and Colorado," by Mr. Henry Edwards, " Papilio" 

 vol. i, p. 189. I have taken several specimens at Franconia. 



But it seemed a strange insect to find on the very summit, rest- 

 ing on the side of the house, in perfect condition, not a scale 

 removed from delicate body and fragile wings. The brilliant 

 beetle, Corymbites resplendens shone out like an opal from the 

 white background. We took some half dozen of this species at 

 that time, and certainly more than fifty during my stay of a week. 

 It is always plentiful on and near the summit. Corymbites virens. 

 C. hieroglyphica and C. cruciatus, were also taken, and soon I 

 spied that rare cerambycid, Anthophilax attenuata, hiding away 

 in the shadow. It was a fine female specimen. I have taken 

 one of the same sex at Franconia several years ago, and another 

 this Summer. I knew that the male was exceedingly rare, and 

 was therefore overjoyed to secure one a few minutes later. Then 

 another male turned up, and soon another female. The next day 

 I found another pair, also near the house, making three good 

 pairs in all, a rare capture. Of Hymenoptera I took three speci- 

 mens of Xiphydria provancheri Cress., one of the Uroceridae. 

 I have taken it previously on the mountain. There were several 

 Ichneumons, a brilliant little Chrysid and a Bombus. Of Diptera 

 there were several varieties, among them two pairs of the large 

 robber-fly, Laphria sericea, and Hemiptera was represented by 

 two or three leaf hoppers. 



We went in to supper, hungry and happy, bottles were filled 

 with rarities and our heart's with hope. There is no night col- 

 lecting on the summit. I have been there a great many times in 

 all sorts of weather, but have never seen an insect fly after dark, 

 though I have watched the lights and windows faithfully. But 



