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Glen road, harrisii feeding in large companies on 

 Diplopappns and phaeton scarcely more dispersed 

 on Lonicera. 



I liave never paid special attention to the The- 

 clini in this region, nor had them force themselves 

 on my notice ; so that I am inclined to think none 

 of them particidarly abundant, or more so than 

 elsewhere. Nor are any of the Lycaenini excep- 

 tionally common, excepting Cyaniris, which is cer- 

 tainly far commoner, especially the Early Spring 

 Azure (C. pseudargiolus lucia), than anywhere else 

 in New England, abundant as it often is. The 

 roads seem at times blue with them, and they 

 swarm at all moist spots, occurring also to the very 

 edge of the forest line, and enchanting the early 

 pedestrian at every step. They are also one of the 

 earliest risers, and are the first to be seen when 

 the clouds break after a rain. Of the Chrysoph- 

 anini, the American Copper (Heodes hypophlaeas) 

 is of course abundant, as everywhere, and the 

 Wanderer (Feniseca tarquinius) may always be 

 found in its time at the proper places ; there is one 

 isolated copse, with alder (everywhere growing in 

 profusion), just north of the Glen House, where 

 I never fail to see it fluttering about when in 

 season. 



