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the El Dorado of the day. Countless numbers of insects visited 

 it, mostly Hymenoptera, some Lepidoptera, and a few Coleoptera. 

 Here I took Hemaris thysbe, Pyrameis huntera, Eudamus tifyrus, 

 Danais archippus, Lyceena pseudargiolus and also missed a Pa- 

 pilio. But while busying myself with the aforementioned I was 

 three times surprised by specimens of T. nicippe, all males, which 

 tried to fly past me in making the circuit of that horseshoe. Of 

 these I took one more specimen which was slightly injured. 

 When chased they would fly straight for the bushes and disappear. 



It was so submerged a locality that I had to cover the grass 

 with an armful of Alder brush, and which did not prevent the 

 soles of shoes from being out of water. Trying as this was, the 

 most vexed circumstance happened after handing my net to Mr. 

 Kohl, wishing him to take a nicippe, which flew hard by. He 

 chased the beauty until he landed knee-deep in a meadow hole 

 full of water. With an exclamation more vigorous than virtuous, 

 he returned the net without the prize. During this exciting epi- 

 sode, and while admiring the many forms of insect life visiting 

 the showy, white racemes which terminated every branchlet, 

 much like that of Larkspur (^Delphinium) of the Pepperbush 

 a very rare and swift flyer appeared and hovered over the fragrant 

 blossoms for a few seconds only. It was Aellopos titan, feeding 

 within three feet of my eyes, and I with no net at hand. It was 

 twice the size of a large H. thysbe, had clear wings with a very 

 dark or blackish border, and a body as stout as that of a Smer- 

 inthid. In my anxiety to take it, I put one foot forward with 

 cyanide bottle in hand, when, like lightning, it disappeared as 

 suddenly as it came. Other Macroglossids came, but no more 

 titans. My friend afterwards took a fine male Ckrysophanus 

 thce, feeding on the flowers of Hyssop, in close proximity. 



August 8th I returned to same locality with my largest net and 

 stood for two hours in a broiling sun taking specimens from that 

 Pepperbush. While thus engaged three more male T. nicippe 

 came around the horseshoe curve and were all taken. At exactly 

 1.30 P. M. A. titan struck the opposite and unapproachable side 

 of the Pepperbush again. I heard but did not see plainly enough 

 which intruder it was. After a very few moments I recognized 

 the object plainly as it took its swift departure. 



Sunday, August i6th, myself and young friend returned to 

 that sweet-scented Pepperbush early in the day and took turns 



