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Ilolel I remained tliree clavs, taking among other things, Pieris Beckeni, 

 VAw., Culias Barbara, II. lulw., C. Haecnii, Kdw. , Melikea^ Gabbii, 

 J5ehr, M. Wiigfilii, lulw., Saiyrus Paulus, Eclw., Theda Caii/orjtiai, 

 I'-dw., 7! iufcn()sli)ma/is, H. Edw. , and Chrysophanus Gorgon, liois. 



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

 inouniains. litre along a lililc stream 1 took 8 C Kurydice, Bois., in 

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

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

 the stream we look Limenitis I.orquinii, Bois., Hclerochroa Californica, Butl., 

 Thecla Gruntis, Bois., 7! iroides, Bois., and Coptrod'^s Wrightii, Edw.. 

 and near the summit on a projecting "bench " I saw Argynnis Semirami^, 

 Edw., though I was unal)le to "box" it. It is the only Arg\')inis found 

 there. 



One thing surpiised 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 e.xpeiience. He never had the least success 

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

 Only one Sphinx was taken, Dcihphila lineata, 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 ne.xt 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 

 offender twigs as well. There was nothing for larva; 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 heriiing 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 Bacon, 

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

 found Papilio Datiiius, Bois., ovipositing on Populus. Here I took Terias 

 Mexicana, Bois., Neotwnpha Henshawii, Edw., and rubricala, Edw. 

 Also quite commonly Thecla apania, Edw., with Lyccena Marina, Reak. , 

 and our old friend Pseiidargiolus. But my best capture was Argynnis 

 Xausica, 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 East. The flight of the insect was rapid 

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



