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collecting, but I invariably found them on dangleberry only, and during 

 this season (1892) I have taken them in the following places in New Jersey, 

 viz., Soho, Franklin, Eagle Rock and Greenwood Lake.— Hermann 

 AiCH, 43 Murray Street, N. Y. City. 



Residing upon the edge of a va'st wilderness the temptation to explore 

 its depths cannot always be resisted, in consequence my brother and my- 

 self with three Indian guides and packers might have been found, late in 

 June, threading our way in birch-bark canoes through the intricate chan- 

 nels which form the canoe paths between the Lake of the Woods, Rainy 

 Lake and Vermilion River district, on our way back to Duluth, Minn. 



At Black Bay, on Rainy Lake, June 19th, we first met Papilio ttirnus in 

 quantities, seemingly attracted to the vicinity of an Indian encampment 

 by the odor of refuse of moose recently killed, whose bones, with pieces 

 of meat attached, lay scattered about. 



Quite a number of iurnus were taken upon the wing when an accidental 

 discovery' made the capture comparatively easy. Having caught a ragged 

 specimen, which proved worthless for cabinet purposes, it was thrown 

 upon the ground, when I observed that nearly every P. turnus as it passed 

 circled back and hovered over the dead one which looked brilliant in the 

 sunlight. At first I thought the brilliant spot was being mistaken for a 

 flower, which, to a certain extent, was no doubt the case, but by placing 

 captured specimens, just enough "pinched" to prevent flying, of both 

 male and female, at intervals, one could readily see that color alone was 

 not the final attraction. The male decoy resting upon the ground with 

 wings slightly rising and falling would attract the first P. turnus that came 

 within a dozen feet; a few zigzag turns and the visitor would hover over 

 an instant, almost touching, and then depart. In the case of the female 

 decoy, however, it was different; the same approach was made, but instead 

 of departing, the butterfly seemed to be under the influence of a charm 

 and would hover about, finally settling upon the ground beside the decoy. 

 In this manner I attracted sometimes as many as a dozen about the decoy 

 in a space not over six inches square. In crossing the ten rough portages 

 of Vermilion River I succeeded in taking over 200 bright specimens by 

 making decoys of the first few females caught, besides, perhaps, a hun- 

 dred or more which were allowed to escape on being found imperfect. 

 This experience proved of interest to me, and it may call out further facts 

 regarding the use of "decoys" by other readers. — Frank S. Daggett, 

 Duluth, Minn. 



Last Spring a friend of mine living at Concord, N. H., thought he 

 would collect a few insects at the electric lights in that city and send them 

 to me as a surprise. He is no entomologist, and cannot tell a butterfly 

 from a moth, so of course did not know a rare thing from the most com- 

 mon. In due time I received a box from him containing about one hun- 

 dred specimens of all kinds— bugs, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths, 

 and in fact everything that comes to an electric light. As I only care for 



