144 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, 



July 27th we began preparations to leave camp on the Grand, 

 and on the morning of the 28th were ' ' hitting the trail ' ' shortly 

 after seven o'clock, and along a good road. For some miles 

 we followed the general course of the Grand, more frequently 

 than otherwise being compelled to turn out and climb some 

 steep hill because some rancher must have all the grass land 

 near the stream and also wanted all the land the law would 

 allow ; so had also fenced in a few hundred acres of sage brush 

 and barren land that could never be of any possible use to him. 

 We were frequently annoyed by the necessity of traveling miles 

 around such an enclosure when to have permitted a wagon road 

 near the edge of the stream would not have injured the ranch- 

 er's usable land. One is surprised to find that every foot of 

 land in this and most sections of Colorado visited, except in 

 Routt, Co., seems to have been preempted ; provided, always, 

 that there is a possibility of irrigating without any serious 

 effort. 



Most of this day's drive was through the everlasting sage 

 brush, Troublesome is the first village on the way and there 

 we found ten houses including barns and one post-office. From 

 this station to Kremmling the country varies little, but there 

 are some beautiful hay ranches along the river. Beyond 

 Kremmling one enters almost at once the foot-hills of the 

 Gores Range, leaves the Grand on the left and enters a desert 

 of alkali with sage brush and grease- wood. Toward evening 

 we came to a little ranch up in the mountains, an Eden in the 

 wilderness, seemingly, where a rancher had utilized the water 

 from several springs to such advantage that he had an excel- 

 lent garden and an abundance of hay. Here we bought hay 

 and went into camp for Sunday. Along the road from Kremm- 

 ling, Cleome was abundant, and always on its blossoms were 

 numerous Pamphila. Few other insects were seen, except now 

 and then a white Pseudohazu flitting through the sage too 

 warily to be taken. 



It was during this day's drive that we stopped the 4eani 

 while Will attempted to shoot a rare bird. The gun snapped 

 several times but no report followed. On his return to the 

 wagon we wondered why our shot gun, never known to miss 

 fire before, should have failed him ; until he finally acknow- 



