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fe MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 
Phyciodes tharos, Melitea phaeton, Limenitis disippus, Satyrus alope, 
Neonympha canthus, with two or three species of the genus Thecla 
and many moths, are found in such localities. As the ground is 
frequently very wet in such places, one must go prepared or else 
put up with wet feet. The butterflies to be found in the upland 
fields are among the most common we have, Pieris rape, Colias 
philodice, Chrysophanus americana, Pyrameis huntera, Pyrameis 
cardui, Pyrameis atalanta, Danais archippus, etc., being lovers of the 
open fields. Fields of clover and patches of milkweeds and thistles 
are particularly attractive to the species named. ; 
I well remember a neglected pasture where thistles and milkweeds 
erew in scattered clumps, where I have passed many an hour with 
good success. Pyrameis huntera, P. cardui, P. atalanta, Danais archip- 
pus, and several smaller butterflies flew from blossom to blossom, and 
were sometimes so intent on extracting honey that I picked them off 
the flowers with my fingers. The hours between ten in the morning 
and three in the afternoon were the most favorable, and beautiful 
fresh specimens were to be found there almost every day. Such a 
locality, if known to a collector, will furnish him with a great many 
splendid insects. Among such a number one need take only the 
most beautiful and perfect, and the duplicates can be used in ex- 
change with foreign collectors for their treasures. 
Roadways and along brooks and rivers are sometimes excellent 
localities for collecting. Butterflies seem to lke to fly along roads 
and running streams, particularly the Papilios, Limenitis arthemies 
and ZL. ursula. They will also sometimes congregate on the muddy 
banks of rivers or about muddy pools in the road where a dozen 
or more may be taken by one sweep of the net. Several spe- 
cies are in the habit of visiting barnyards, and decaying sweet apples 
and pears are an irresistible bait for Limenitis ursula, Grapta inter- 
rogationis, Grapta j-album, Vanessa antiopa, Pyrameis atalanta and 
Vanessa milberti. 
In the town of Mentor, O., where I passed a portion of my child- 
hood, there was an old cider-mill, and from the time the first sweet 
apples arrived and were crushed until late in the fall, on every fine 
day, clusters of butterflies could be seen resting on the heaps .of 
refuse and eagerly sipping the half-fermented cider. What a place 
that was for a boy with a net! I have seen twenty Limenitis ursula, 
resting on one heap of “apple chankins,” opening and closing 
their purple and black wings in the sunshine, while several other 
