huid side ; but to the left are low woods with open grassy glades which at once tempt 

 the mtomologist — nor will lie be disappointed for this is the now celebrated " Macoun's 

 glade," the home of Chionobas Macounii and many other little beauties. The other 

 looditj lies in the opposite direction, and turning eastward after leaving the hotel you 

 pus dovn through a hot gravelly cutting and cross the the iron bridge over the river. Oa 

 yoar right hand you have high woods and on the left an extensive swamp tliickly covered 

 with sn-al! spruce and tamaruc. About a mile from the bridge the Ridge is reached and 

 this runs away to the north until it reaches the hhores of the lake. 



Upon July 5th we reached Nepigon at 12:20 p. m. and by 1 o'clock had unpacked 

 ihe necessary apparatus, had disposed of dinner and were ready to start. Out 

 apparatus tut each collector, consisted of a net, two cyanide bottles, one for lepidoptera, 

 the other for grasspoppers, etc., a bottle of spirit for beetles, and a flat tin box 

 4 inches by 3 and 1 inch deep filled with envelopes for butterflies, as well as 

 a supply of pill boxes for boxing living females and a yard or two of netting for 

 making cages. Before leaving the hotel we picked up half a dozen empty tomato cans 

 and having removed the two ends we covered one of them with a piece of netting kept in 

 place by au ehistic band. We were now ready and turning westward before many 

 yards were passed we were arrested by a clump of Anaphalis Margaritacea which was 

 receiving the busy attention of a female Pyrarmis Huntera ; she was secured and boxed 

 at once. I'assing on along the line we found tha banks on either side resplendent with 

 clumps of Jiertenna paniculnta, a beautiful plant with rich deej^green leaves and a 

 profusion of pure blue bell-shaped flowers which hang pendant from small branchlets. 

 Flowers of a real blue are very uncommon in nature and to see such prolusion as we here 

 found was very charming. Darting around these flowers with lightning swiftness were a 

 few pugnacious skippers. We caught one specimen which was at once recognized as 

 strangeL It belongs to the " Comma group " of Paniphila and somewhat resembles Man- 

 itoba. What is probably the same species was afterwards taken on " the iid;;e " and 

 egg^ were secured. After passing a deep gully a few hundred yards along the track we 

 turned in by a bridle path towards Macoun's glade. Insects of all descriptions were in 

 the greatest profusion and this is undoubtedly a character of this locality. In no place, 

 except |:<«^rfaap8 Vancouver Island, have I seen such enormous numbers of specimens oa 

 we found here. The air seemed to be filled with them. Hynienoptera, Lepidi>ptera, 

 Orthoptiera, Diptera — Ah ! the very word carries me back in thought. Yes. Tliere imr6 

 Diptera and the character of the locality was carried out — they were in profusion. 

 Nepigon as well as being famed for its trout is famed for its " flies," mosquitoes, black- 

 flies, sand flies, tabanus, chrysops. Oh ! The thought of them ! ! An appropriate 

 Tsriety for every hour of the day and they all carried out their mission in life with a 

 vengeance. They could however be kept within reasonable bounds with a littln care 

 and forethought " Mosquito oil " composed of sweet oil, oil of penny-royal and carbolic 

 acid applied to the face and neck and backs of the hands was found to be eflicient out-of- 

 doors. Seme people however are too obstinate to use this harndess ungent averring 

 that " jQies don't trouble them much," and they don't like putting such mess on them- 

 selves. These people however sometimes have to suflTer severely and it will be found that 

 the prevention is well worth the trouble. In our bedrooms at night we enjoyed perfect 

 immnnitT from attack by burning a small quantity of Pyrethrum powder belore we went 

 to bed. The recollection of that phalanx of bloodthirsty flies which met us at the entrance 

 to Maoonn's glade has led me to digress somewhat ; but at any rate they were a fe.ttnre 

 of the place and a most noticeable one. As we stepped into the pathway which leads into 

 the glade, I was carefully pointing out to my companion that we were now in the exact 

 spot where the original type specimens were collected, when he rushed by me with a yell 

 and sprang out into the bushes, exclaiming, Look out ! There is one — here it is ! and the 

 first specimen of Chionobas Macounii was secured — a minute later I had another. 

 Hurrah ! well done. We were now in a high dtate of glee. I had been to Nepigon once 

 before at exactly the right season and again a month later, but had not seen a specimen, 

 and had begun to think that perhaps after all there might possibly be some mistttke about 

 the localil^. It was all right now, though, and aa we were to stay a week we felt cons'" 

 dent of getting egga We took four more males on the 5th of July. We examined 



