IS'.M)] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. -_>S7 



iVicnd <i. Wesley UrowniliL;. \\liu was to be our miideto lii-- 

 favorile collecting place, the < 'it \ ('reek ('ailou. in tin- Wa 

 satch Mountains, near Sail LakcCity. A.fter partaking of an 



excellent breakfast with our hospitable friend and his g 1 



wife \ve started for the eafion's i:ioiitli with our iiu])leineiits of 

 war i on insects i. ready for I he fray. Thus far I have said 

 \ve." and 1 will stop a moment to explain who we were. 

 The writer, from modest motives, can say nothing his name 

 will he found at the be^i lining of the article, but his com 

 panions are well known to the readers of Till. Ni:\vs. Mr. 

 i'hilip Laurent, of Philadelphia, is a painstaking and careful 

 collector, and has a really superb collection of moths and 1ml 

 teillies and also of ( 'oleoptera. and his collect ions, for order 

 and neatness, would be a revelation to many. I'rof. A. .1 . 

 Snyder. of Kvanstown. III., is a most enthusiastic collector and 

 camper, and his love for the "Rockies' makes them a mag- 

 net that he finds irresistible as each summer approaches. He 

 claims to be able to ^et over " sa.ue brush faster I han an \ 

 li\ iiiii' man and labors under the delusion that if he lives to be 

 as old as .Methuselah he will be able to untangle the ^eniis 

 .li-i/i/miix. Irowiiin<j- is a man that loves Nat lire in all her 

 phases and it is a pleasure to know him. He has done excel 

 lenl work, in spile of the fact 1 hat he is practical^ alone, and 

 we all know the value of the sympathetic aid and encourage 

 ment of our entomological friends and com|)anions. lie is also 

 an artist of ability and in the future will probably do all in 

 his power to make the interesting fauna of his home belter 

 known. With ^ood company, line weather and a new held of 

 work we enthusiastically looked forward to a day of rare 

 pleasure and were not disappointed. 



The canon reminds one of our own \\ issahickon. except 

 that instead of hills its sides are mountainous, and t he st ream 

 of ice cold water runs over its rock\ bed with ^real rapidity 

 and in many places is while with loam and spray. In the 

 damp places I'apilios were very abundant and lar.^c Imncho 

 of them would be found standing >ide to side, sucking the 

 moisture from the mud. and when dMnrbed would ri^e in 

 ureat yellou clouds. I'rof. Snyder look I'/crm -ipceimeiis a I 

 onetime, made up Ol tlmiinm. riilnlnx and innm* <l<>n . \\\ placing' 



