ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 22Q 



The next day, Thursday, we were too tired to attempt the 

 top, so we contented ourselves with an exploring expedition 

 to the "Chimney." This is a deep crevice between ' Po- 

 mola ' (as the southeastern slope is called ) and the main part 

 of the mountain. Here we found snow-fields, some of them 

 200 ft. in extent, and while our friends at home were in the 

 grasp of a hot wave we were indulging in a game of snow- 

 ball. Hardly any insects were seen this day except a few 

 Coleoptera and Hymenoptera, which were promptly turned 

 over to Bolster, whose collecting is confined to these tw r o 

 orders. Friday dawned with a promise of a fair day, so we 

 decided to climb the mountain. We pushed our way through 

 the forest for about a mile, following the bed of a mountain 

 brook, dry at this season of the year, until we arrived at the 

 foot of a great land slide a thousand feet in length and rising 

 at an angle of from fifty to sixty degrees. Up this we 

 climbed, stopping often to rest and breathe, until we reached 

 the table-land. This is a vast area of over a hundred acres, at 

 an elevation of about 4250 ft., rising gradually towards the 

 North Peak on the right and the West Peak on the left, and 

 perhaps three-fourths of a mile in width. It is covered for 

 the most part with vegetation, though there are a great many 

 loose rocks and boulders scattered about. Mountain hemlock, 

 low and scrubby, grows over about two-thirds of it, while the 

 rest is carpeted with sedge, mountain cranberry, crowberry and 

 moss. Just before we reached the table-land the clouds had 

 enveloped the w y hole top of the mountains ; therefore we were 

 able to explore but a small portion. Several times, however, 

 the sun made ineffectual attempts to shine through the dense 

 fog ; and then it was that we beheld Chionobas katahdin, a 

 small brown creature fluttering close to the ground. By dint 

 of perseverance I managed to capture eleven of these butter- 

 flies before descending the slide. I did not realize that I had 

 discovered a new species, but thought it might be a variety of 

 C. scni idea, which is found under similar conditions on Mt. 

 Washington, 161 miles to the southwest ; and it was not until 

 I had submitted specimens to Dr. Skinner and other Entomo- 

 logists, that I felt sure that I had been so fortunate. 



