134 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, 



city, and away from the busy parts, I soon found Chrysophanus 

 helloides in abundance. One of my first captures was a perfect 

 Epicallia virginalis, which had just emerged from the chrysalis, 

 crawled onto a weed and had not yet tried its wings. This spe- 

 cies I found only in the vicinity of Salt Lake, and though quite 

 a number were seen flying about only four were taken in all. 



On this first afternoon P. camillus, P. pratensis, Leucarctia 

 acrea, Coenonympha ochracea, Lyccena acmon, a Pamphila and 

 Plusia californica were taken besides those I have mentioned. 

 The Phyciodes and Coenonympha were quite common on blossoms 

 of Alfalfa. 



On the following morning not knowing where to go I started 

 out to find the best resorts and took the north side of the city. 

 Trains run from Salt Lake City to the Salt Springs and Bountiful. 

 From the terminus of the car line I started for the mountains 

 modestly, as I thought, determined to go to one of the nearest 

 banks of snow and be content for the first day. About noon the 

 snow seemed as far away as ever so I gave it up and started oil 

 my return. During this forenoon I saw for the first time the 

 beautiful CaUochortus nuttallii or Sego Lily, the flower of Utah, 

 In the lowlands I found the same species of insects as on the day 

 previous and P. tessellata, also Vanessa milbertii. On the moun- 

 tains L. pheres and L. acmon were abundant, with an occasional 

 Eudamus nevada. One P. rutulus was taken, and several were 

 seen about the blossoms of Honey Locust trees. It may be of 

 interest to note that at Bountiful I found the fruit trees nearly 

 stripped of foliage by the larvae of Clisiocampa californica (1 may 

 be wrong as to species); californica was abundant at Park City 

 later in season, and I think this was the same. 



A trip on Monday forenoon to the lowlands in the vicinity ot 

 the Jordan River convinced me that collecting in dry localities 

 was not profitable. The Ccenonyuipha, pamphiloides and ochracea 

 were found here, also a few Lyccena and Phyciodes. 



In the afternoon, with Prof. Smith of the Salt Lake Academy, 

 a trip was taken to Red Butte Canon up on the mountains above 

 Fort Douglass. There the first Argynnis were taken. It sur- 

 prises one not accustomed to the mountains to note the changes 

 in vegetation as he ascends. On this trip a few A. meadii were 

 seen and several taken. In a few days this species and A. neva- 

 densis were abundant in the same locality. Along a tramway 



