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Among the butterflies, Papilio turnus L. and P. 

 ores phonies Cram, are seen, but escape the net. 

 Three species are captured, viz., Papilio troilus L., 

 Agraulis vanillce L., and a small earth-loving form, 

 Neonympha sosybius Fab. From other members of 

 its group it is known by its being a uniform wood 

 brown above, while below the wings are crossed by 

 two narrow reddish brown lines. Near the hind bor- 

 der of the under side of the fore-wings are one or two 

 black eye spots ringed with yellow and pupilled with 

 pale blue, and each hind wing bears two or three sim- 

 ilar spots. Like all others of its genus it is a wood- 

 land sprite, flitting ever close to Mother Earth in 

 ceaseless, restless flight. 



Three species of locusts are noted. One, Schis- 

 tocerca americana Drury, common in the north, flew 

 with prolonged zigzag flight into the top of an osage- 

 orange tree where, like a squirrel, it dodged around 

 the side of the branch when approached, and so es- 

 caped the net. Two specimens of Arphia granulata 

 Sauss. and several of a sharp-headed, brown-bodied 

 form, AmUytropidia occidentalis Sauss., were se- 

 cured. 



In the afternoon a strong, cold wind blows from 

 the west. I cross the river and the peninsula beyond 

 to the ocean's beach. Before me the Atlantic 

 stretches eastward, blue and unbroken to the shores 

 of Africa. The wind blows off shore, and except for 

 the sight and roar of the surf I would not know the 



