164 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 



Collecting at 14,000 feet altitude is fatiguing work. " At this 

 far height the cold thin atmosphere" is so rarified that respiration 

 becomes difficult and painful to many people after the slightest 

 exertion. The intense cold every night and occasionally by day, 

 when a piercing wind storm, generally accompanied by blinding 

 hail or snow will come on suddenly after hours of the brightest 

 sunshine, sometimes a dense vapor will come creeping up the 

 mountain sides un.til everything in enveloped in it. This is a 

 source of real danger, for the chilly white mist is so thick that 

 nothing can be seen a yard away; the sense of utter loneliness 

 that overwhelms a visitor to these desolate regions when so over- 

 taken, if far from camp, is apt to bewilder him entirely, and he 

 is in danger of getting lost. These are considerations that deter 

 many collectors from attempting the higher levels or from being 

 very successful if the summit is reached. I have taken com- 

 panions at various times to these elevated regions, but could 

 never persuade one to stay a second night there. As to " camp- 

 ing out" in the open air " on the top" I have had varied expe- 

 riences, some comical and laughable enough, and some nearly 

 tragical, but I long ago made up my mind that the best way to 

 " camp out" is to have a good roof over your head; also that an 

 elevated " bunk," if the boards are ever so hard, is preferable to 

 a " lodging on the cold cold ground." 



I have said nothing of the convenience of having your meals 

 prepared for you, yet it is decidedly an advantage, and when the 

 tired collector is pleasantly waited upon, and has his coffee sweet- 

 ened by such an agreeable housekeeper as was the hostess of our 

 camp in Summit County, I am sure he will not sigh for the lone- 

 some camp kettle, the inevitable frying-pan, and the fire that 

 needs constant replenishing yet never burns, and I may feelingly 

 add, the doubtful fun of camping-out alone. 



I give a list of the principal Lepidoptera I captured in seven 

 days, at this place, from the tops of the peaks over 14,000 feet 

 down to timber, the lowest elevation being damp and boggy, 

 partly covered with dwarf willows, the numerous creeks and 

 sloughs being plentifully bordered with flowers. 



The following list includes a few species taken on a later visit, 

 August 1 2th; quite a number of interesting Pyralids were also 

 taken. 



