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Another interesting and rather remarkable feature about 

 this swarm of bachmanni was the absence of the large pro- 

 jecting palpi on many of the specimens. In a set of forty good, 

 fresh specimens I found thirteen — eight males ;ind five females 

 — without the projecting palpi which give it the curious ap- 

 pearance aptly described by its common name — the Snout 

 Nosed Butterfly. In March, 191 1, I caught one fresh speci- 

 men and found it to lack the palpi also. 



L. mormo. 



In the fall of the year mormo is found all over the hillsides 

 of the River Range and can be taken by thousands if desired. 

 In general their flight and habits are like those of the com- 

 mon virquUi of the west coast. 



L. palmeri. 



In October, 191 1, I took four of this very small species in 

 the bottom land below Goldroad. At first I took one to be a 

 dwarfed mormo, but a second glance showed they were a dif- 

 ferent species. Probably a closer search would have discov- 

 ered many more of them. 



C. australis. 



While not common, a special search for these in the vicin- 

 ity of Little Meadows resulted in the capture of twenty-two 

 perfect specimens in the fall of 1910. These were mostly 

 taken while feeding on various small flowered plants, such as 

 Lepidospartum squamatum. 



T. halesus. 



The most delightful two days of collecting I ever had were 

 October 23-24, 1909, near the Little Meadows. I had been 

 taking quite a few specimens of various sorts when for the 

 first time I came across a great clump of Bigclovia graveolens 

 in full bloom. All over its mass of yellow flowers I saw stri- 

 gosa, bachmanni and other species flitting about and feeding, 

 while here and there a black something, entirely different from 

 the ordinary forms, gave me a real palpitation of the heart. 

 After some debate as to what method to use, I tried a swift 

 pass of the net crosswise and just above one of these new 

 forms, and was rewarded by a violent fluttering in the small 



