Vol. XXIX] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 375 



A Note on Insects Found on Snow at High 



Elevations. 



By L. O. HOWARD, U. S. Bureau of Entomology, 

 Washington, D. C. 



The literature of this subject is very considerable in quan- 

 tity and widely scattered. Some day, I hope, some one will 

 bring it together. This note is simply a contribution to the 

 subject. 



Mr. Titus Ulke, of Washington, gave a lecture on this 

 general topic before the Aquarium Society of Washington in 

 the winter of 1916-17, in which he recorded observations 

 which he had made in the Mount Rainier National Park ; and 

 Mr. F. E. Matthes, of the Geological Survey, in a bulletin 

 published in 1914, makes additional contributions. Mr. 

 Matthes' bulletin inspired several letters from different cor- 

 respondents. Writing to him myself, he replied in some de- 

 tail and referred me to Dean W. O. Cone, of the Cathedral 

 of Saint John, Ouincy, Illinois, who had written to him about 

 certain observations which he had made some years ago, which 

 interested me so much that I wrote to Dean Cone and re- 

 ceived the following reply, which is of such interest that it 



should be published. 



(Copy) 



Cathedral of St. John, 



Quincy, Illinois, 



Feb. I, 1918. 

 Mr. T.. O. HOWARD. 



Chief, Bureau of Entomology. 

 My dear Sir : 



Your letter of Jan. 29 relative to my observations of Coreidae is at 

 hand. 



I am blessed with sharp eyes and a retentive memory, and am 

 reasonably certain that the following account is accurate: 



In company with Rev. Hudson Stuck, who afterward made the first 

 ascent of Denali, or Mt. McKinlev. and several others, I began the 

 ascent of Sierra Blanca from the western side in Aug., 1904. This is a 

 group of the Sangre de Cristo, and consists of several peaks, the 

 highest of which is about 14,500 feet. We pitched our camp at extreme 

 timber line, and made our explorations from there. About 13,000 feet 



