12 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 'il 



of the little beauty, and incidentally pay our respects to Mr. 

 William Greenwood Wright, the pioneer Lepidopterist and 

 author of the "Butterflies of the West Coast." March 6th 

 found Pasadena wrapped in a dense fog, and for a time we 

 feared that our prospects were very meagre. However, after 

 an hour's ride from Pasadena, passing through mile after mile 

 of citrus groves, we were greeted by the sun shining forth un- 

 hindered by fog or clouds. San Bernardino, with its snow 

 capped mountains looming up behind it, was reached about 

 ten, and we proceeded at once to F Street, where we were 

 fortunate in finding Mr. Wright at home. Hearing we were 

 fellow "bugologists" he greeted us with open arms and de- 

 voted himself entirely to our entertainment. Several hours 

 was spent in looking over his valuable and extensive collec- 

 tions, with exception of his types which he has wisely placed 

 in safe storage. Then, hitching up "the old hoss shay," we 

 drove to Little Mountain, about two miles to the north of the 

 city, accompanied by our host, who assured us we would be 

 successful. After a hard scramble we reached the summit, 

 and Mr. Wright, though he must be well along in the sixties, 

 kept pace with us, giving one of the best illustrations of what 

 the study of entomology accomplishes for her students, per- 

 fect health in old age. 



In less than half an hour our first cethura was bagged, 

 and before the day's hunt was over, seven more fell victims 

 to our butterfly nets. One of the specimens taken is typical 

 of E. cethura deserti which Mr. Wright, in his Butterflies of 

 the West Coast, describes as a desert form of cethura. It 

 seems, however, to be but an individual variant. Little atten- 

 tion was paid to other species, but occasionally a specimen 

 reached the "Happy Flying Grounds" via the unlimited Cya- 

 nide Route. Thccla dumctorum was in its prime, flying in 

 large numbers, and T. iroides was not uncommon. Up on the 

 summit the little Alypia ridingsii gyrated about and we could 

 have taken a large series had we so desired. Now and then 

 the swift CoMas eurydice whizzed by, and a stray Papilio soli- 



