92 THE LEPIDOPTERIST 



thousands of Papilio turnus flew up at the approach of 

 the car, but we saw no other butterflies. 



Arriving at the base of the mountain we left the 

 car and started collecting up the carriage road. The 

 road winds around the mountain for eight miles 

 to the summit, being marked along the way with 

 mile posts. The elevation at the Glen House is about 

 1500 feet or so, and at the first mile post is about 

 2000 feet altitude. The carriage road at the base runs 

 along the side of a bank on the right and a ravine on 

 the left filled with birches. 



The sides of the road were damp from the spray of 

 the mountain brook and flowers of many kinds grew 

 in profusion. The blue wood violets were so thick 

 in places as to form veritable carpets of flowers, and 

 here and there the Painted Trilium and Wake Robin 

 waved in the breeze. The Bunch Berry was in full 

 bloom with its small white flowers, over which hovered 

 Syrphidse in great numbers. The air just hummed 

 with Diptera, Coleoptera and Hymenoptera, much as 

 in early spring around the willow blossoms. At every 

 step numbers of Hyperetus amicaria, the pale ashen 

 form, flew up from the middle of the road where 

 they were resting. From the sides of the road we 

 started up Ellopia endropiaria G & R, Campaea per- 

 lata Gn. a beautiful pea green when fresh, and Ana- 

 goga occiduaria Walk. Also we took Hydrelia 

 inorata, Venusia cambrica, Comptaria and Philobia 

 aemulataria as we approached the first mile post. Oc- 

 casionally on the telephone posts we took Cleora 

 larvaria Gn, Gonodontes albovittata Gn. As we pro- 

 ceeded up the steep road towards the second mile 

 posts a few firs commenced to appear and occasionally 

 we caught glimpses of the slope below through the 

 trees on the left-hand side. Arriving at the second 

 mile post, where the trail leads into Tuckerman's 

 Ravine and up Mt. Washington we noticed a bright 

 green longicorn beetle running about in the road. To 

 my surprise it proved to be the very rate Anthophalax 

 viridis, and we saw quite a number of others fiying 

 about and succeded in catching three. Also, there 



