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  Adirondack 
  Lepidoptera. 
  141 
  

  

  IV. 
  LIST 
  OF 
  LEP1D0PTERA. 
  

  

  COLLECTED 
  BY 
  W. 
  W. 
  HILL, 
  IN 
  THE 
  ADIRONDACK 
  REGION 
  OF 
  

  

  NEW 
  YORK. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  with 
  much 
  pleasure 
  that 
  we 
  present 
  the 
  following 
  record 
  

   of 
  some 
  recent 
  collections 
  of 
  Lepidoptera 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  elevated 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  It 
  is, 
  we 
  be- 
  

   lieve, 
  the 
  first 
  published 
  local 
  list, 
  of 
  any 
  considerable 
  extent, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Lepidoptera 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  absolute 
  

   necessity 
  of 
  such 
  lists 
  to 
  an 
  extended 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  of 
  insects, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  appreciated 
  by 
  the 
  student. 
  The 
  

   great 
  interest 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  geographical 
  distri- 
  

   bution, 
  and 
  its 
  important 
  bearing 
  upon 
  the 
  derivation 
  and 
  

   modification 
  of 
  species, 
  is 
  illustrated 
  by 
  the 
  admirable 
  chapter 
  

   on 
  "The 
  Geographical 
  Distribution 
  of 
  the 
  Phalsenidse 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States," 
  constituting 
  pages 
  567-594 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Packard's 
  

   Monograph 
  of 
  the 
  Phalcenidce. 
  

  

  The 
  enthusiasm 
  of 
  the 
  entomologists 
  of 
  an 
  adjoining 
  State, 
  

   has 
  led 
  them 
  to 
  explorations 
  of 
  a 
  peculiarly 
  interesting 
  field 
  

   lying 
  beyond 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  State 
  — 
  the 
  White 
  Moun- 
  

   tains 
  of 
  New 
  Hampshire. 
  For 
  successive 
  years, 
  the 
  members 
  

   of 
  the 
  Cambridge 
  Entomological 
  Club 
  have 
  established 
  a 
  mid- 
  

   summer 
  encampment 
  upon 
  the 
  slope 
  of 
  Mt. 
  Washington, 
  by 
  

   which, 
  through 
  their 
  protracted 
  sojourn 
  for 
  weeks, 
  and 
  oppor- 
  

   tunity 
  for 
  collecting 
  crepuscular 
  and 
  nocturnal 
  forms, 
  they 
  

   have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  enrich 
  their 
  cabinets 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  their 
  cor- 
  

   respondents 
  with 
  many 
  rare 
  boreal 
  species, 
  to 
  accumulate 
  

   much 
  valuable 
  biological 
  information, 
  and 
  to 
  present 
  local 
  lists 
  

   of 
  Lepidoptera, 
  Coleoptera 
  and 
  Orthoptera 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  as 
  special 
  contributions 
  to 
  science. 
  

  

  Meanwhile, 
  the 
  extensive 
  Adirondack 
  region 
  with 
  its 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  lofty 
  mountain 
  peaks, 
  its 
  deep 
  gorges, 
  its 
  hundreds 
  of 
  

   lakes 
  — 
  perhaps 
  second 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  White 
  Mountains 
  in 
  point 
  

   of 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  entomologist 
  of 
  any 
  locality 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains 
  — 
  has 
  been 
  permitted, 
  

   each 
  year, 
  to 
  bury 
  within 
  itself 
  its 
  entire 
  entomological 
  wealth. 
  

  

  