ooU MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 



of the lower wings is readily seen tLrougli tlieni from aljove, wliere 

 they appear as a gray shade. We have but two species in the 

 eastern half of our country, but several very beautiful kinds are 

 natives of the Pacific coast, where they are not rare. 



I can remember one very delightful morning in May, many years 

 ago, spent at what was then the gold mining town of Sonora, Califor- 

 nia. The gold has since been waslied from the bed of tlie streams 

 and the people have mostly turned their attention to agriculture. At 

 the time of my visit it was tlie centre for a lively mining population 





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AiitUochiiiis olympia. 



and on going out to view the placer works, with their lieaps of 

 debris, the hundreds of pits and miles of flumes, I was surprised to 

 see a number of these little butterflies flittinfT about the weeds whicli 



Aailiocliaiis ol}iiiiiia. Under siite. 



grew among tlie heaps of boulders. I straightway secured my net 

 and after half a day of clambering over the rocks in the hot sun- 

 shine I filled my box with specimens in their papers. It was warm 



