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other, a male of the purblind click beetle, Alaus 

 myops Fabr. A dead hardwood tree of similar size 

 in Indiana would have yielded a half-dozen or more 

 species, even in March. 



A bevy of quails is flushed. With unerring sight 

 they wing their way among the thickly growing pal- 

 mettos and pines, striking none, but dodging now to 

 the right, now to the left, in swift, unbroken flight. 



Several specimens of a form of the zebra butter- 

 fly, Papilio ajax L., are seen, but they fly wild and es- 

 cape the net. The papaw, Asimina triloba Dunal, 



Fig. 18 Red Admiral. 



(The under side of wing in shown on the right.) 



upon which the larvae of this butterfly feed in the 

 north, is said not to grow in this vicinity. It is prob- 

 able, however, that the closely allied southern forms, 

 A. grandi flora and A. pygmcea Dunal, occur near 

 here, though, as yet, I have seen no sign of them. 

 The presence of the butterfly denotes that they are 

 here. A pair of red admirals, Pymmeis atalanta L., 



