Many moths lead careers of less interest than those of the cater- 

 pillars that precede them ; but our old acquaintance, in his new per- 

 sonality, does not disappoint us. For, although he no longer molts 

 or weaves, he still has a way of his own, points of distinction which 

 hold our interest. For one thing, he has forsaken the night, which 

 masters most of the moth multitude, and seeks the sunshine. 



And there we will leave him (dusky of wing and shimmering 

 peacock-blue of body, with orange "shoulder" straps and orange 

 bangs) to seek his nectar and to pursue his life — ^the summer in- 

 carnation of the hardy little being that walked across the melting 

 snows of Maine. 



How many species of Coleoptera (beetles) find a home here in 

 Maine ? No one can yet give any very definite answer to this ques- 

 tion, since no complete, or anywhere near complete, collection of 

 Maine beetles has ever been brought together. This is only one of 

 many questions in relation to our Maine fauna that the Knox Acad- 

 emy proposes in time to answer. Help us answer this one by send- 

 ing in specimens, with date and exact locality, when and where taken. 

 H you have a collection of beetles, please send us a list of species. 



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