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sible (although our Eastern friends will not admit the possibil- 

 ity) that the naked summit of Mt. Marcy may yield to earnest 

 search another locality for that very interesting butterfly of so 

 restricted range, Chionobas semidea, while aspirations less lofty 

 would in all probability be rewarded by the addition of Ar- 

 gynnis montimis to our State fauna. 



" It is sincerely to be hoped that, from the growing interest 

 manifested in entomology, the numerous accessions to the 

 number of its students, the facility afforded by recent publi- 

 cations and in several extensive classified collections — the re- 

 proach resting on the entomologists of New York may be 

 speedily removed. And while the thorough exploration of 

 any locality can scarcely' fail of bringing to light much new 

 material, the ambitious student may have for his incentive the 

 assurance that in the Adirondack region, and especially among 

 the Adirondack Mountains proper, there is open to him an 

 unexplored field where faithful search will assuredly yield him 

 a most abundant return," 



Although nearly a quarter of a century has elapsed since the 

 above was written, practically nothing seems to have been done 

 whereby our knowledge of the insect fauna of this interesting 

 and extensive field has been increased ; in fact, the list of 

 Lepidoptera above referred to is the only published list of the 

 insects of this region that we are acquainted with ; and this is 

 apology for offering this very incomplete list of insects that 

 were taken during a ten da5's' outing in June, 1901. Our col- 

 lecting was done in the vicinity of Axton, N. Y. , and chiefly 

 between June i6th and 23d, although a few in.sects were taken 

 previous to this by one of the party who arrived on June 12th. 



Axton is the field headquarters of the College of Forestry of 

 Cornell University, and is situated, approximately, in the center 

 of the 30,000 acre tract that has here been .set apart for experi- 

 mental forestry. The place, which is a mere hamlet, consisting 

 of little save a hotel and the few buildings belonging to the Col- 

 lege of Forestry, is located near the northern border of Town- 

 ship 26, Franklin County. The elevation is about 1600 feet. 



The Racquette river, which is joined a short distance to the 

 southeast by Stony rrct-k, flows past the place, but the nearest 



