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imagines of Colias eurytheme, and a few moths, not yet identified, 

 ^Yllicll came round the camp fire at night. 



The next day we drove down the Hardscrabble Caiion, but 

 did not stop for collecting. A species of Senecio was in full 

 bloom and very abundant by the roadside, and its yellow flowers 

 proved very attractive to Pijrameis cardiii, Colias eurytheme, and 

 Danais plexippus, while Lhnenitis weidemeyeril, Edw., and Vanessa 

 antiopa, L., were also seen in the canon. 



At noon we lunched near the Templar Rock, which is said to 

 resemble the face of a man, at the foot of the canon, and 

 here another butterfly was added to the list — Nathalis iole, Bdv. 

 That night we reached the north fork of Eed Creek (now dry, 

 except for a small spring bubbling up, affording clear water 

 for man and beast, though so limited in quantity that it had to 

 be dipped up in tin cups). This is quite near the county 

 boundary, yet still in Custer Co. Explorations were made along 

 the canon of the creek, and a large number of insects taken, for 

 we remained at the same camp the whole of the next day. 

 Many of the species were additions to the Custer Co. list, as the 

 different character of this district from that of the western por- 

 tion of the county, which had been already explored, naturally 

 gave rise to a somewhat different fauna. Of Lepidoptera, 

 Nathalis iole ( 2 ), Euptoieta daudia, Cram., Pyrameis huntera, 

 Fab., Limenitis iveidemeyerii, Colias eurytheme, var. keeivaydin, 

 Edw., and Danais plexippus were observed, as well as a grand 

 Pnpilio which eluded capture, and a larva of Lasiocampa (sp. ?), 

 which was found in camp. Coleoptera, also, were numerous ; 

 and the following species fell to my lot (for their identification I 

 am indebted to Dr. John Hamilton) •. — Cicindela jnmctulata, var. 

 micans, Fab. ; {punctulata appears to be a wide-spread species ; 

 Dr. Hamilton writes that he gets it at Alleghany, Pennsylvania ;) 

 Pityophagus verticalis,'^\\ich. was described from a smgle specimen, 

 mine being only the second example recorded ; Diplotaxis, appa- 

 rently D. haydeni ; Dryops striatus ; Batyle suturalis ; Adimonia 

 externa; Disonycha triangularis, Say; Nemognatha immaculata, 

 Say ; Epicauta maculata. Say ; Ditylus obscurus, which is new 

 for Colorado ; and Dendroctonus terebrans. But the best captures 

 were among the Orthoptera, of which, thanks to the kindness of 

 Mr. L. Bruner in identifying them, I am able to give a list : — 

 Mermiria neomexicana, Thos. ; Circotettix undulatiis, Thos. ; Tri- 



