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Hotel I remained three (.lays, taking among other things, Pieris Betkerti, 

 Edvv., Colias Barbara, II. Edw., C. Hagenii, Edw., Melilcea Gabbii, 

 Behr, M. Wnghtii, Edw., Salyrus Pau/us, Edw., Thecla Catifornica, 

 Edw., T. adenoslomaiis, II. Edw., and Chrysophanus Gorgon, Bois. 



Another day I was taken up a canyon almost to the summit of tin 

 mountains. Here along .1 little stream I took 8 C. Eurydice, Bois., in 

 one throw ol the net, and 7 in another, all perfect but one! Here, well 

 up the gorge P. Eurymedon, Bois. , and Zolicaon, Bois., flew. Here along 

 the stream we took Limenitis Lorquinii, Bois., Helerochroa Cali/brnicd, Butl., 

 Thecla Grunus, Bois., T. iroides, Bois., and CopcEod°.s Wrightii, Edw.. 

 and near the summit on a projecting "bench" 1 saw Argynnis S emir amis, 

 Edw., though I was unable to ''box" it. It is the only Argynnis found 

 there. 



One thing surprised me, and that was the rarity of all Heterocera. 

 " Sugaring" brought nothing, and light little more. Mr. Wright said 

 this was in accord with all his experience. He never had the least success 

 with "sugar," and the brilliant electric lights brought very little to them. 

 Only one Sphinx was taken, Deilephila Hneata, Fabr., which is very 

 common. Its larva, eaten from the hand, just suits the fastidious taste 

 of the Mohave Indians. 



Leaving the Paradise of San Bernardino my next stopping place was 

 Prescott, Arizona. Here, as in the main in Arizona, my visit was ento- 

 mologically a disappointment. The people had gone into cattle raising, 

 till at last they had overstocked the country. The cattle were dying by 

 tens of thousands for lack of food. Grasses of every sort were as closely 

 cropped as possible, and all shrubbery was stripped, not only of leaves, but 

 of tender twigs as well. There was nothing for larvae to live upon, save the 

 few trees, mostly Pine. So from Prescott I went up into the mountains, 

 where the country was too rough for herding cattle, and where there was 

 absolute wildness, unbroken for many miles save by a single road. Here 

 I remained for 12 days in a miner's hut, flourishing on a fare of Paeon, 

 Coffee and "Arizona Strawberries," in other words Red Beans. Here I 

 found Papilio Daunus, Bois., ovipositing on Populas. Here I took Terias 

 Mexicana, Bois., Neonympha Henshawii, Edw., and rubricata, Edw. 

 \ls ) quite commonly Thecla apama, Edw., with Lyccena Marina, Peak., 

 ami our old friend Pseudargiolus. But my best capture was Argynnis 

 Nausica, Edw., which seemed to be quite common though very local in 

 the bottom of the canyons at the head waters of the Hassayampa River. 

 As a White Violet was common there, its food plant is undoubtedly the 

 same as that of its congenors in the Past. The flight of the insect was rapid 

 and the catching of it difficult, owing to the very rugged character of its 



