April, '05] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. IO3 



fered entirely from that made by the Professor some seven 

 hundred feet above us. 



Wednesday, July 12th, all three of us visited the peak where 

 the Professor had collected the day before, but towards noon I 

 left the Doctor and the Professor and descended to the shore 

 of Silver Lake, where I spent the afternoon in search of such 

 Coleoptera as are found under stones, logs, rubbish, etc. It 

 was the first time since our arrival in the West that I found 

 Coleoptera in paying numbers, and before darkness put a stop 

 to my work I had collected some 200 desirable specimens ; as 

 might be supposed, mostly Carabidae. 



Thursday, July 13th, again found us on our way up the 

 mountain side, but on towards eleven o'clock the distant thun- 

 der coupled with the black clouds over Mt. Millicent warned 

 us that a thunderstorm was approaching, so leaving the Pro- 

 fessor to watch for any buttterflies that might be foolish enough 

 to venture out during a thunderstorm, the Doctor and myself 

 returned to camp. At one o'clock, as the weather was still 

 threatening, the Doctor and I concluded to climb up to Twin 

 Lakes and trj- for a mess of trout. The climb, or steep walk 

 as it might be called, was not a hard or long one, and soon we 

 were standing at the outlet to the lakes looking down at trout 

 enough to feed a dozen hungry men, but the rascals would 

 take neither fly nor bait. It is hardly necessary to state that, 

 as usual, our breakfast the next morning consisted of the 

 omnipresent ham and eggs. 



The next day, Friday, July 14th, was the first real bright 

 day that we had had since our arrival at the head of the Big Cot- 

 tonwood, and the result was that we took more specimens than 

 in any previous two days put together. But, nevertheless, we 

 were not to occupy a dry tent that night, for about seven 

 o'clock in the evening our daily thunderstorm — to w^hich we 

 had now become accustomed — put in its appearance, and for 

 about an hour the rain came downi in torrents. 



The morning of the 15th daw^ned bright and clear, but 

 everything was wet from the rain of the night before, so that 

 it was almost 10 o'clock before the vegetation was drj' enough 

 to permit us to do any successful work in the way of collecting. 



