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We took one long' trip in a wagon during the last half of" |une 

 north, along the coast, to the Colorado River ( in Texasj, and over a 

 hundred miles from Corpus Christi. Here we found broader pastures, 

 more grass and flow-ers, heavier bottom-lands on the rivers, an increase 

 of live-oak, but little cacti and no chaparral. The fauna was also in a 

 measure changed. On the San Antonio River I found Neonympha_ 

 Sosybius very common. The southern limit of certain species of 

 Catocala appeared to be a broad strip of timber a little north of the 

 Mission Creek, south of which I failed to find any of them, though 

 they were moderately common there but rarely perfect. I did not 

 take Kricogonia Lysidc or Fantasia farther north than the Aransas 

 River, and Synchloe Janais was found only at Corpus Christi. Eresia 

 Tcxana and Punctata were not seen north of the Cuadaloupe Ri\'er, 

 and were most abundant on the Nueces River. 



The larger Hesperids, such as Thanaos, Eudanius, etc., were most 

 plentiful north of the (kiadaloupe. The rapid changes in the broods 

 of butterflies were worth noting. Some species of Phydodcs, Eresia, 

 Thecla, Lycczria, Pamphila, Pyrgus and Copa;odes were out all the 

 time, and I did not know how to estimate the number of the broods; 

 fresh specimens always being obtainable during the collecting season. 

 There seemed to be about four broods of Colias, Callidyras, Kricogonia, 

 Apatura, etc. Migration, if it may be so called, also claims notice. 

 Twice I observed great numbers of Kricogonia, Colias and a few Cal- 

 lidryas flying northward over a large extent of country; in both cases 

 on the following day I visited the same ground, but only a few stragglers 

 of these species could be found. Where had they gone ? In the early 

 season I often noticed that the general direction in which field butter- 

 flies were flying was towards the North. In latter August and Sep- 

 tember the few field butterflies remaining flew in no particular direction. 

 I was informed that in early winter they began to fly southward. 



I had the good fortune to become acquainted with a professional 

 hunter, Mr. John Priour, of Corpus Christi, a collector in other branches 

 of Natural History, and with his guidance and pleasant companion- 

 ship all my collecting trips were made. 



