1899] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 287 



iVu'iul (J. \\'esley IJiowiiiug, who was to be our jfuide to bis 

 lavoiite ('ollectiiig place, the City Creek Cafion. in the Wa- 

 satch Moimtaius, near Salt Lake City. After partaking of an 

 excellent breakfast with our hospitable friend and his good 

 wife we started for the canon's mouth with our implements of 

 war (on insects), ready for the fray. Thus far I have sai<l 

 ••we," and f will stop a moment to explain who we were. 

 Tlie writer, from modest motives, can say nothing — his name 

 will be found at the beginning of the article, but his com- 

 panions are well known to the readei"S of The Xews. yVv. 

 I'hilip Laurent, of Philadelphia, is a painstaking and careful 

 collector, and has a really superb collection of moths and but- 

 tei flies and also of Coleoptera, and his collections, for (uder 

 and neatness, would be a revelation to many. Prof. A. .1. 

 Sny<lcrj of Evanstown, 111., is a most enthusiastic collector and 

 ciimper, and his love for the ^'llockies" makes them a mag 

 net that he tinds irresistible as each summer approaches. J[e 

 claims to be able to "get over"" sage brush faster than any 

 living man aud labors under the delusion that if he lives to Ik"; 

 as ohl as ]\[ethuselah he will be able to untangle the genus 

 An/i/iiiiis. IJrowning is a man that loves Nature in all her 

 phases and it is a pleasure to know him. He has done excel- 

 lent work, in spite of the fact that he is practically alone, and 

 we all know the value of the sympathetic aid aud encoui-age- 

 mcut of our entomological friends and companions. He is also 

 an artist of ability and in the future will probably do all in 

 his power to make the interesting fanna of his home better 

 known. With good company, fine weather and a new field of 

 work we enthusiastically looked fcu-wanl to a day of rare 

 pleasure and were not disappointe«l. 



The cafion reminds one of our own Wissahickon, except 

 that instead ()f hills its sides are mountainous, and the stream 

 of ice-cold water runs over its rock,\ bed with gre^it rapidity 

 and in manj' places is white with foani and spray. In the 

 damp places Papilios were very abundant and large bunches 

 of them would be found standing side to side, sucking the 

 moisture from the mud, and when disturbed would rise in 

 great yellow clouds. Prof. Snyder took vJvreu specimens at 

 onetime, made \\y) ^^\' (hniuiix. inlnhis nwiX »^///;/^v/o/^ I ty placing 



