[29] ADIRONDACK LEPIDOPTERA. 



IV. LIST OF LEP1DOPTERA. 



COLLECTED BY W. W. HILL, IN THE ADIRONDACK REGION OF 



NEW YORK. 



It is with much pleasure that we present the following record 

 of some recent collections of Lepidoptera from one of the 

 most elevated regions of the State of New York. It is> we be- 

 lieve, the first published local list, of any considerable extent, 

 of the Lepidoptera of the State, and in view of the absolute 

 necessity of such lists to an extended knowledge of the dis- 

 tribution of insects, it will be appreciated by the student. The 

 great interest pertaining to the subject of geographical distri- 

 bution, and its important bearing upon the derivation and 

 modification of species, is illustrated by the admirable chapter 

 on "The Geographical Distribution of the Phalsenidse of the 

 United States," constituting pages 567-594 of Dr. Packard's 

 Monograph of the Phalcenidce. 



The enthusiasm of the entomologists of an adjoining State, 

 has led them to explorations of a peculiarly interesting field 

 lying beyond the limits of their own State the White Moun- 

 tains of New Hampshire. For successive years, the members 

 of^ the Cambridge Entomological Club have established a mid- 

 summer encampment upon the slope of Mt. Washington, by 

 which, through their protracted sojourn for weeks, and oppor- 

 tunity for collecting crepuscular and nocturnal forms, they 

 have been able to enrich their cabinets and those of their cor- 

 respondents with many rare boreal species, to accumulate 

 much valuable biological information, and to present local lists 

 of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Orthoptera which have been re- 

 ceived as special contributions to science. 



Meanwhile, the extensive Adirondack region with its numer^ 

 ous lofty mountain peaks, its deep gorges, its hundreds of 

 lakes perhaps second only to the White Mountains in point 

 of interest to the entomologist of any locality in the United 

 States east of the Rocky Mountains -has been permitted, 

 each year, to bury within itself its entire entomological wealth. 



