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Thaxter as Entomophthora grylli var aulica (Fres.) 1 am inclined to believe 
that the intense heat following upon the long spell of wet weather that 
we had in early summer induced the disease. Such an epidemic amongst 
caterpillars I have not witnessed since the time—some years ago—that the larve 
of Pieris rape were swept away by thousands. 
Everywhere upon the choke-cherry bushes were to be found colonies of the 
little yellow, black-headed larvae of the Tortrix (Cacecia cerasivorana, Fitch). 
They bind the terminal leaves of the shoots together with a dense web, and carry 
on their operations under its shelter. 
Of the Coleoptera but few specimens presented themselves. I took several of 
Coccinella novem-notata (Hb.), (Fig. 8) and one handsome Leptura, dusky yellow 
with a distinct black cross on the elytra. This Mr. Moffatt has 
identified for me as L. subhamata (Rand). The order of insects that 
ws most numerously represented on this occasion was the Hymenop- 
tera. Among the species I noticed were Bombus fervidus, (Cress), 
Bombus ternarius, (Say), Bombus consimilis, (Cress), Anthophora 
bomboides, (Kirby), Andrena nivalis, (Smith), Vespa media, (Oliv.), 
Odynerus capra, (Sauss.), Humenes fraterna, (Say), Crabro singularis, (Pack), 
| Hedychrum violacewm, (Lepelle), Ichnewmon grandis, (Brulle), J. letus, 
(Brulle), and the males of Uroceros cyaneus, (Fab.) 
By this time the sun was getting low in the sky, and the voices of my 
young friends were, I fancied, a little less jubilant than they had been earlier in 
the day, and feeling the wisdom of not driving pleasure into satiety, I gave the 
word for the return. Besides my captures, we took back with us a large pailful of 
raspberries, another of blueberries and a smaller one of poires. All of which were 
afterwards preserved. So we hope that in the dark days of winter we shall be 
reminded, frequently and pleasantly, of our day in the woods. 
OBSERVATIONS FROM THE BOX OF A WHITE MOUNTAIN COACH. 
BY FREDERICK CLARKSON, NEW YORK. 
On a journey through the White Mountains of New Hampshire, en route to 
Bar Harbor, Me., the past summer, I observed the following Lepidoptera: At 
Franconia Notch, altitude 2,014 feet, P. Turnus was abundant, constantly fly- 
ing along the drive and in the woods bordering the road. At the Flume, altitude 
4,500 feet, by wet places on the road as many as fifty were found congregated 
apparently enjoying the moisture. At greater elevations Turnus was rarely seen 
and above the timber line I failed to discover 
any Lepidoptera. At the Crawford Notch,alti- 
tude 3,134 feet, and through the Glen, Turnus 
was ever in sight, its brilliant yellow wings 
contrasting beautifully with the luxuriant 
green of these primeval forests. In thick 
woody places, and where the sun _ shone 
through in patches, the coquettish L. arthe- 
mis frequently appeared, ever alighting with- 
in your reach and ever darting away again 
with hide and go seek playfulness. A. Aphro- 
dite with wings of “Silver bells and cockle shells” delighted the eye in its graceful 
flight along the road way between Jefferson and Fabyan, and C. philodice, 
(Fig. 9), rising with the dust at the horses’ feet would encircle the coach, and 
then wander away to join its companions at the roadside brook. D. archippus, 
Fie. 9. 
