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Euptoieta claudia, occasionally at any elevation, very large. 

 Argynnis cipris, occasionally on flowers at lower levels. 



" euryjionie, everywhere among flowers from highest to lowest 



places. 

 " triclaris, rather common in boggy valley's below, very partial 



to flowers of Polygonum erecttini. > 



" helena, common everywhere above timber. 

 " freya, not rare on grassy slopes everywhere. 

 Melitaa anicia, very common and in great variety everywhere. 



' ' palla, a smoky colored alpine race, very wild and difficult to catch. 

 Phyciodes camillus, everywhere abundant. 

 Crapta zephyrus, rather common among willows below. 



" satyrus, occasionally among willows below. 

 Vanessa californica, abundant on top of range feeding on flowers of 

 Saxifraga cespitosa; also rather common below among willows. 

 Limenitis weidetneyeri, occasionally among willows below. 

 Ceonympha ochracea, a few on dry side hills below, very large and bright. 

 Erebia epipsodea; this with the form brucei Elwes, taken in about equal 

 ^ numbers in a rather wet location near the camp, 13,000 feet alti- 

 tude. This is the highest station I have known for this insect 

 anywhere. 

 Erebia callias, common on grassy mountain sides in company with Colias 



nieadii in August. 

 Erebia magda/ena, seen every day on precipitous and cliflTy rocks at 

 highest elevations, very difficult to get at generally, owing to the 

 character of its habitat; caught eleven fine examples one day at 

 one favorite spot, a gravelly tract made very damp by the melting 

 snow just above it. 

 Chionobas brucei, abundant on elevated grassy slopes. 

 " ceno, abundant on highest peaks. 



" chryxus, occasionally anywhere in barren spots. 



Chrysophanus snoivii, not abundant, yet found about every elevated point; 

 extremely wary and difficult to take, more so than any other 

 mountain species ; found a full-fed larva on Oxyria digyna 

 (mountain sorrel). 

 Lyccena sapiohis\ on flowers below. 

 " antiacis, " " 



" podarce, " " 



" Shasta, on gravelly tracts and bare stony spots at highest altitude. 

 Pieris calyce, a few on highest peaks, strangely diflferent in behavior to 

 the Occidentalis found below. They have the same impetuous 

 spiteful flight after intruders that characterises most of the true 

 alpine species ; then circling round and returning to the same 

 rock like Chionobas ceno. The change of habitat in this insect 

 and M. palla is remarkable. 

 Anthocharis julia, a few on flowers at timber line. 



