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On July 28 and 29 we went up Copper Creek to Goat Moun- 

 tain (over night), Grouse lake, Mt. Hutching's ridge and Mt. 

 Hutchings (10,787 ft.), overlooking King's River canyon, 

 Granite Basin and from which a fine view of the High Sierras 

 in every direction could be had. On the ridge and to the summit 

 I took a nice series — for the first time — of the Arctic butterfly, 

 Chionohas ivallda (Mead), near the snow banks, but lighting 

 on the grayish granite which the undersides of these insects 

 exactly resemble. On the rocky summit of Mt. Hutchings we 

 saw more of the arctics, and also the common swallowtail, Papilio 

 solicaon; the swallowtails have a particular predilection for the 

 summits of peaks. In Copper Creek canyon, around the little 

 cienegas or meadows, we found numerous little blue butterflies, 

 Lycccna fulla; Phyciodes; and some Hesperids. The brown hair 

 streaks, Thecla grunus, were numerous around the golden oaks 

 in Copper Creek canyon, back of Kanawyer's, the brownish 

 undersides harmonizing well with the golden of the oak leaves. 



The last week of our trip was consumed in a knapsack trip up 

 over the crest of the Sierras at Kearsarge Pass, about 12,000 

 feet elevation, spending most of the time at Bullfrog Lake, 10,634 

 feet, where a series of Behr's alpine sulphur, Colias hehrii, was 

 taken; as wdl as other interesting things, Lyccena battoides 

 (typical), Chrysophanus cupreus, and editha; Lyccena podarce, 

 Painphila sabuleti tecumseh, and at Charlotte Lake saw a Par- 

 nassius. On our way back we took a fine Chionohas near the 

 summit of Kearsarge Pass and the trip down the abrupt western 

 slope, from 12,000 feet altitude to 5,000 feet altitude was made 

 in a half day with our knapsacks. Just above Kearsarge Pass 

 we climbed Mt. Gould, 13,000 feet altitude, the highest we 

 reached. This is a region of wonders and contrasts — from snow 

 banks and a frozen lake, to the burning heat of a near desert in 

 a half day, on foot ! 



