April, '05] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 99 



Notes from a Diary Made During a Collecting Trip to 



the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Utah. 



By Philip Laurent. 



In company with Dr. Henry Skinner I left Philadelphia on 

 Sunday morning, June 25, 1899. Our train pulled out of Broad 

 Street Station at 8.50. Our first stopping place was Chicago, 

 which we reached about 10 o'clock Monday morning. Here 

 we were joined by the third member of our party. Prof. A.. J. 

 Snyder. After twelve hours spent in Chicago, during which 

 time we had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Healy and Mr. lyOng- 

 ley, both enthusiastic entomologists, we again boarded the train 

 and were once more on our way to the West. Denver was 

 reached about ten o'clock Wednesday morning. The first 

 glimpse of the snow-capped peaks of the Rockj^ Mountains was 

 to be had from our train about two hours before reaching Den- 

 ver. The two or three spare hours that we had in Denver 

 were spent in looking around the city, and in a hasty glance at 

 the fine collection of Lepidoptera belonging to Mr. J. T. Mason. 

 Denver is a very clean and pretty city, and we would have 

 liked to have lingered here a day or two, but we were anxious 

 to reach our goal or collecting grounds, and so at or about one 

 o'clock in the afternoon we again boarded the train which two 

 hours later landed us at Colorado Springs. However, we did 

 not stay at the Springs, but entering a trolley car a short, ride 

 of twenty minutes landed us at Manitou, at the base of Pike's 

 Peak. At last, after traveling for three and a half days we 

 were able to commence our entomological work. We had no 

 trouble in securing accommodations at Manitou, for the town for 

 the most part, is composed of boarding houses and small hotels. 

 Of all the places that we visited while on our Western trip 

 none impressed me so favorably as Manitou, for its attractions 

 are many and varied. There are numerous walks and drives, 

 and the medicinal quality of its soda and iron springs is known 

 far and wide ; while the ride on the Cog W^heel R. R. to 

 the top of Pike's Peak is one that he who has taken it will 

 never forget. On the 29th we made the trip to the top of the 

 Peak, but found but little collecting, as the crest of the Peak, 



