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  a 
  few 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  peaks 
  I 
  climbed, 
  have 
  been 
  already 
  described 
  in 
  

   the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  Report 
  and 
  elsewhere 
  ; 
  but 
  no 
  words 
  can 
  convey 
  an 
  

   adequate 
  idea 
  of 
  its 
  wild 
  and 
  majestic 
  grandeur. 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  be 
  

   understood. 
  I 
  will 
  only 
  add, 
  that 
  its 
  topography 
  has 
  never 
  yet 
  been 
  worked 
  up 
  

   with 
  anything 
  like 
  the 
  accuracy 
  of 
  detail 
  which 
  is 
  desirable 
  for 
  California's 
  

   sublimest 
  peaks, 
  and 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  well 
  if 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  had 
  the 
  means 
  

   to 
  send 
  a 
  party 
  to 
  spend 
  a 
  whole 
  summer 
  there, 
  to 
  do 
  it. 
  

  

  In 
  behalf 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Edwards, 
  who 
  was 
  absent, 
  Mr. 
  Stearns 
  submit- 
  

   ted 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  Pacific 
  Coast 
  Lepidoptera.— 
  No 
  3. 
  Notes 
  on 
  some 
  Zygoenidse 
  

   and 
  Bombycidse 
  of 
  Oregon 
  and 
  British 
  Columbia; 
  with 
  

   descriptions 
  of 
  New 
  Species. 
  

  

  BY 
  HENRY 
  EDWARDS. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  brought 
  together 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  on 
  species 
  observed 
  *during 
  a 
  

   recent 
  tour 
  through 
  Oregon, 
  Washington 
  Territory, 
  and 
  Vancouver 
  Island, 
  in 
  

   the 
  hope 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  prove 
  interesting 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  geographic 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  

   insects 
  observed 
  ; 
  while 
  the 
  new 
  species 
  described 
  — 
  which 
  were 
  collected 
  during 
  

   a 
  somewhat 
  hurried 
  trip, 
  and 
  under 
  many 
  unfavorable 
  circumstances 
  — 
  will 
  serve 
  

   to 
  show 
  the 
  richness 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  traversed, 
  and 
  probably 
  to 
  call 
  the 
  attention 
  

   of 
  entomologists 
  therein 
  to 
  a 
  closer 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  beautiful 
  forms 
  by 
  

   which 
  they 
  are 
  surrounded. 
  

  

  Fam. 
  ZYGCENID^. 
  

  

  Alypia 
  Sacramenti. 
  Grote. 
  

  

  A 
  fine 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  me 
  at 
  the 
  Dalles, 
  Oregon, 
  in 
  

   July, 
  and 
  another 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  R. 
  Crotch 
  at 
  Lake 
  Quesnelle, 
  B. 
  C, 
  in 
  August 
  ; 
  

   so 
  that 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  far 
  wider 
  range 
  than 
  has 
  hitherto 
  been 
  ascribed 
  to 
  

   it. 
  I 
  may 
  add, 
  that 
  I 
  again 
  observed 
  the 
  habit 
  cited 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Stretch, 
  in 
  his 
  

   " 
  Bombycidce 
  of 
  North 
  America," 
  of 
  feigning 
  death 
  when 
  captured. 
  My 
  

   present 
  specimen 
  had 
  flown 
  through 
  an 
  open 
  door 
  of 
  a 
  house 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  (no 
  

   doubt 
  attracted 
  by 
  some 
  flowers 
  in 
  the 
  window) 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  me 
  resting 
  

   against 
  the 
  wall. 
  Having 
  no 
  net 
  with 
  me, 
  I 
  placed 
  a 
  large 
  pill-box 
  under 
  it, 
  

   intending 
  to 
  shut 
  it 
  in 
  ; 
  but, 
  to 
  my 
  astonishment, 
  before 
  I 
  could 
  get 
  the 
  lid 
  of 
  

   the 
  box 
  above 
  it, 
  the 
  insect 
  fell 
  backward 
  iuto 
  its 
  prison, 
  and 
  lay 
  as 
  if 
  dead 
  

   until 
  I 
  reached 
  my 
  hotel, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  some 
  three 
  hundred 
  yards. 
  This 
  habit 
  is 
  

   the 
  more 
  remarkable, 
  as 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  are 
  remarkably 
  restless 
  in- 
  

   sects, 
  taking 
  flight 
  at 
  the 
  smallest 
  noise 
  or 
  other 
  disturbing 
  cause. 
  

  

  Alypia 
  Ridingsii. 
  Grote. 
  

  

  Four 
  specimens 
  taken 
  near 
  Cariboo, 
  B. 
  C, 
  in 
  May, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Crowley, 
  who. 
  

   told 
  me 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  quite 
  common 
  in 
  that 
  locality. 
  

  

  