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and indeed but little beyond a few common forms of the smaller 

 moths. A favorable and conveniently located maple grove was 

 selected, but after devoting- a number of evenings to successive 

 fruitless rounds to the baited trees, this method was abandoned 

 for the more remunerative one of collecting with lights at the 

 windows. AYhy this should have been more productive, no reason 

 can be given. 



The field collections were quite successful, and enabled me to 

 secure for the state collection, many more specimens than in any 

 preceding j^ear. Above 1,500 specimens were mounted, and labeled 

 with locality and date of capture. In addition, there were several 

 hundred examples of alcoholic and biological material. The Hymen- 

 optera, for some unknown reason, were less abundant than usual, 

 comparatively few of the order being largely represented, except 

 the Apidce and Andrenidce. Of the Lepidoptera, Papilio Turnus 

 was remarkably common upon moist ground in early July. 

 Limenitis A rthemis v> as not rare. Fieris oleracea was seen frequently, 

 flying- with Pieris rapce. The Ai'gynnids were abundant in some 

 wet meadows, among which Arcjynnis Atlantis was common. A single 

 example of 3Ielitcea PhaUon was taken. The Graptas were rare. 

 Of the Theclas, seldom observed by me in this region, two species 

 were taken, viz., Thecla strigosa and T. Titus. Feniseca Tarquinius 

 was not uncommon : its larvae were also collected. Of the Bomby- 

 cidae, Arctia virgo was frequently taken within doors attracted to 

 lights; Callimorpha confusa was in several instances driven up 

 from the grass in meadows, about the first of August ; and the 

 larvae of Orgyia nova were found in a number of examples on low 

 willows by the river-side. 



In the Diptera, the Tipulidce were unusually abundant, as were 

 also the Tabanidw. Only a few specie of Syrphidce were collected, 

 and it was a sm-prise that more were not abroad, although a month 

 later would no doubt have given much larger representation. 



Of the Coleoptera, Cicindela repanda occiu-red in large numbers 

 in the roadway. From a sandy ditch beside the road, it could be 

 driven up in flocks and gathered into the net ; other species of the 

 genus were only seen in occasional examples. Lina scripta was 

 quite abundant in its larval and pui3al stages, and later in its per- 

 fect form, upon willows bordering the Ausable river. I had not 

 previously taken it in the Adirondack region. Through most of 

 July, the large number of the light-giving LampT/ridce that were 

 abroad — their leisurely flights often marked in trails of light — 

 was an attractive featm*e of the evening hours. 



