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scattered over the primaries and several near the anal angle 

 of the secondaries; basal half of inner margin of secondaries 

 paler than rest of wing, beneath as in the normal form. Type : 

 one 9 from Paterson, N. J., dated July 25, in the collection 

 of the writer. 



The specimen was bred by Mr. J. A. Grossbeck from larvae 

 of the spring brood which were found on red cedar. 



Insect Hunting as a Pastime. 

 By G. A. Akerlind, Chicago, 111. 



Last summer I had occasion to stay in St. Louis, Mo., dur- 

 ing the months of August and September, and as I was a 

 stranger in the city, and there was "nothing doing" particularly, 

 I devoted my evenings to insect hunting in the streets, and 

 my Sundays to roam the woods for butterflies and the like. 

 I had previously become interested, through some Chicago 

 friends, in the entomological section of the Academy of 

 Science, but I had not taken up the "sport" in earnest until 

 my St. Louis sojourn, of which I should like to say a few 

 words. 



It takes some little experience to appreciate what it means 

 to live in a hotel in the business section of a large city during 

 the hottest season of the year, particularly so if you are not 

 a "traveling man," and therefore pretty certain to have only 

 yourself for a companion. The heat prevents you from pur- 

 suing any studies indoors, and out of doors — well, there you 

 are hunted by insects. Consequently, I took up insect hunting 

 as a pastime, but after a few evenings' "work" it became a 

 sport with such pleasant and recreative effect that I am sorry 

 that I did not take it up twenty years ago. In hunting and 

 fishing you are generally confined to certain localities, but in 

 insect hunting during the summer, it is not so, at least not in 

 St. Louis, where the "game" is waiting for you outside your 

 door and even in your bedroom. 



Through the kind assistance of an old German jeweler near 

 my hotel I rigged up the necessary killing bottles, and that was 

 the only equipment needed for a start. This venerable Ger- 



