2l8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, '07 



It is the principal hunting ground of nearly all the Phila- 

 delphia collectors; for this reason I have thought it desirable 

 to prepare a list of the species to be found there, giving dates 

 of capture and other available data. 



I have collected for about 10 years at this place, and besides* 

 my own collection I have gone, over the collections of Messrs. 

 Philip Laurent and F. Weigand, both of whom have been 

 enthusiastic collectors there. Prof. Smith's L,ist of the Insects 

 of New Jersey has been a great help to me in compiling this 

 list, and Prof. Smith has also very kindly gone over this list, 

 and has added quite a number of records of his own captures. 



From the notes which follow, it will be seen that many of 

 the recorded captures were made ' ' at sugar ' ' ; now this may 

 appear easy, and in a sense it was so, as all that was to be 

 done was to go about with a brush, and paint about a dozen 

 trees, and begin at once to make the haul, and such a one I 

 have never seen at any other place, as every trunk that had 

 been painted was literally covered with moths, and one could 

 take his choice ; but this had to be paid for with blood, for 

 the enemy was so much in evidence everywhere, and in such 

 numbers that it was torture to exist, yet my friend, Mr. Wei- 

 gand, and myself stuck to it for hours at a time, after which 

 we would go home to have our wounds dressed, and after pin- 

 ning specimens for several more hours we would retire, but not 

 to sleep that sound sleep which we deserved after our struggles, 

 but to lie awake scratching and moaning, and incidentally to 

 ward off further attacks from the rascally mosquitoes that had 

 followed us to our room. However, the recollection is not an 

 unpleasant one, when we look over our collections, and see 

 some of the pretty specimens which we bottled. 



The meadows also have furnished many desirable specimens 

 in our — too short — vacation days. 



Part II, or the list of the Micro-lepidoptera, I hope to have 

 ready in a short time ; the reason for withholding it now is 

 that I have quite a number of species which up to the present 

 time I have not been able to identify, and no doubt there will 

 be some new species found among them. 



I hope this little list will find favor with my brother collec- 



