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more of the same species of geometer. The hurrah with which 

 we reached the summit of Berthoud Pass, was hardly less hearty 

 than the one with which we greeted it going up from the other 

 side. We camped two days on the summit and collected on 

 Mt. Flora which rises several hundred feet above the pass. 

 Snow still abounded here, and at the edge of the snow banks 

 we found Colias mcadii. Just below the summit Parnassins 

 smintheus, var. nanus was common, and at the timber line 

 Lyctzna rustica was abundant. In the timber Arg. helcna was 

 thick upon the flower patches, and an occasional Colias eury- 

 thcme, and one or two meadii were also found here. An almost 

 white Colias {scuddcri 9 ) was also found, but not in abundance. 

 One day we came down from the summit and had just reached 

 the timber line as the sun went under a cloud. On coming to 

 a large patch of flowers we found Arg. helena and a species of 

 noctuid resting on the flowers. The Argynnids with their wings 

 folded back to back as though asleep. Without using the net 

 we soon tumbled these species into the bottle until it was full. 

 At this point we completed our first thousand insects collected, 

 and only two hundred more were taken, making 1200, or the, 

 smallest catch I have ever had in the Rockies. All because 

 we were too late, and the weather was too dry. 



About Idaho Springs we found several species that were not 

 seen on the outward trip. On Floyd's Hill we stuck fast and 

 no amount of persuading or unloading could persuade old Gray 

 to go up. At last a good Samaritan came along and helped us 

 over the summit with his team, and because of his goodness we 

 were able to disappoint our enemies and greet home and native 

 land again. All was easy from this point on. We stopped again 

 at our friend's residence, burned the remnants of our outing 

 clothes, scrubbed ourselves diligently and replaced everything 

 for the journey home. Our horses which had served us so 

 faithfully, in spite of old Gray's eccentricities, were taken to 

 the stock yards in Denver, and it was with delight that we 

 were able to sell old Gray to one party, and see the faithful 

 Bay go into the hands of an owner who promised to treat her 

 well and not disgrace her by compelling her to work with such 

 an old shirk as the one whom we had compelled her to labor. 



