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iiviatyal idw-wody pereanials on the Gis of the 
of our collecting is done on the Hartman Farm, which 
i wooded. Drainage and a little care has resulted in a 
«larger timber growth and grassy sloughs. The woods are over- 
grown with ferns. The open ridges are covered with black- 
- berries and lupine, phlox, goldenrod, milkweed of various 
____ kinds and other flowering plants abound here and on the edges 
ee of the sloughs. There is also a lot of flowering spurge (Ewu- 
_ phorbia corollata). 
The ride from Chicago, about 23 miles, occupies an hour's 
time, and after depositing the greater part of our luggage at 
the Hartman home, we got after the butterflies. It was a 
dy and more or less cloudy day. In exposed places the 
and moths would not rise unless disturbed and would 
then be difficult to capture, for the wind would carry them 
One object we had in mind was to locate Lycaena scudderi 
and if possible observe its ovipositing habits.. We found the 
butterflies, a few of them including several females, but they 
would not lay an egg, even though we entreated them and 
coaxed them to do so. 
A little farther on where the sloughs were somewhat pro- 
. tected by timber along the sides collecting was better. In the 
+ woods there was practically nothing to be had and we spent 
Toward the middle of the afternoon we were more or less 
discouraged, for nothing particular had been taken except a 
. 
tattered specimen of Cirrhobolina deducta by Mr. Beer, and 
we were trailing back to the house when the writer caught a 
glimpse of a small moth resting on the common field phlox 
(Phlox pilosa), which was in full bloom. The flower was 
swaying wildly in the wind and the moth seemed to disappear 
immediately. A call brought the others running and while 
they stood ready to bag it with the net if necessary, the speci- 
| men was bottled without difficulty. 
