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that section, and soon after passed out of the sand hills, though 

 one day we went through a considerable stretch of them, and I 

 looked for the species again, but only saw two or three speci- 

 mens, singly, in similar situations'. » 



On my return, I compared it with the figures in LeConte's 

 "Revision of the Cicindelse of the United States," in Trans. 

 Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. xi (1857), p. 27, which showed that 

 it was a species unknown to Dr. LeConte at that time, and on 

 comparison with the description of C. limbata Say, it proved to 

 be the long lost species. 



It may appear singular that the species should have remained 

 undetected so long, but owing to its small size and great activ- 

 ity, as well as because it probably is confined to the barren sand 

 hills, which are not promising regions to collect in, it is evident 

 that, but for its accidental discovery, it might have remained 

 undetected much longer. E. P. Austin. 



Summer Butterflies at the White Mountains. 



( Continued from -page 26.) 



Nymplialis milberti Godt. A single specimen was taken on 

 July 1, near the first saw-mill. Another was seen a day or 

 two before in the same locality, but not captured. 



Polygonia interrogationis Fabr. One specimen found on 

 July 5, among the rocks, on the ridge near the summit. It 

 had undoubtedly flown up from the valley. 



Polygonia faunus Edw. On the arrival of the party, ragged 

 and battered females of this species were excessively common 

 in the Glen, and as high up as the Half Way House, but they 

 soon disappeared. 



Polygonia gracilis G. and R. was not seen. 



Basilarchia disippe Godt. One specimen observed at the 

 entrance to the Glen, near Gorham, June 26. 



Basilarchia arthemis Drury. It was interesting to observe 

 the gradual progress of this species up the Glen and mountain, 

 with the season. During the first days none were caught in 

 the valley, though they were carefully looked for. But at 

 Bethel, on the borders of the mountainous region, they were 

 seen several times from the cars on June 26. 





