1894.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 133 



COLLECTING IN UTAH.-Part I. 



By ARTHUR J. SNYDER. 



From Tuesday night, when I entered a darkened car in the 

 yard of the Northwestern Depot at Chicago, until Friday about 

 i P.M. seems a long time to continue traveling westward at the 

 speed trains now attain "just to catch butterflies!" as "Billy," 

 the waiter in our restaurant said. To any except interested natu- 

 ralists such a trip may even seem ridiculous. 



Though my net and killing bottle were constantly at hand they 

 proved of but little use until near the end of my journey. Once 

 we were delayed in the midst of a seemingly boundless sage 

 thicket by the breaking of our engine. I fully employed the 

 time by making a thorough search for insects. My entire catch 

 was two small Geometers which were whipped from the sage. 

 One other moth was started which resembled a Syneda, but it 

 escaped. 



At Croyden, Utah, while the train stopped for a few moments 

 I found butterflies abundant, especially on the flowei-s of a spe- 

 cies of Echinosternum. Several Lyccena, a Melitcea, and Pyrgus 

 ccespitalis were taken here. 



About noon on Friday our train reached the beautiful city 01 

 Ogden. Here I parted company with Mr. Vernon Bailey, col- 

 lector of birds and mammals for the Smithsonian Institute, and 

 who had introduced himself at once on noting my collecting outfit. 

 Although our acquaintance was of but a few hours, it was pleasant 

 to meet some one interested in the same line of work who had 

 been over the ground and could, in that brief time, give me valu- 

 able information concerning the territory in which I was to collect. 



From Ogden to Salt Lake City was but a short trip through 

 fields of Alfalfa then in bloom, and especially beautiful after 

 having passed through hundreds of miles of sage brush. 



It is not my purpose to fully describe the delightful scenery 

 nor to enter into an extended description of the beautiful city ol 

 Salt Lake. Cool mountain streams are always refreshing, but to 

 see them flowing where we usually see filthy gutters was indeed 

 a restful and interesting sight. 



After wandering for a short time through the beautiful wide 

 streets of the city and securing a room, I at once began the chase. 

 The first specimen seen was P. nttnlns. In the streets of the 



