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  Thirtieth 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  [30] 
  

  

  Previous 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  noticed 
  in 
  this 
  paper, 
  scarce 
  an 
  in- 
  

   sect 
  had 
  been 
  drawn 
  from 
  it. 
  At 
  the 
  present, 
  nothing 
  has 
  been 
  

   reported 
  of 
  its 
  mountain 
  insect 
  fauna. 
  Many 
  new 
  species 
  

   are 
  doubtless 
  to 
  be 
  discovered 
  there, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  comparison 
  

   of 
  its 
  fauna 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  other 
  elevated 
  and 
  more 
  northern 
  

   regions 
  is 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  made. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  impossible 
  (although 
  our 
  

   eastern 
  friends 
  will 
  not 
  admit 
  the 
  possibility) 
  that 
  the 
  naked 
  

   summit 
  of 
  Mt. 
  Marcy 
  may 
  yet 
  yield 
  to 
  earnest 
  search 
  another 
  

   locality 
  for 
  that 
  very 
  interesting 
  butterfly 
  of 
  so 
  restricted 
  

   range 
  — 
  CMonobas 
  semidea, 
  while 
  aspirations 
  less 
  lofty, 
  would 
  

   in 
  all 
  probability 
  be 
  rewarded 
  by 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  Argynnis 
  

   monthlies 
  to 
  our 
  State 
  fauna. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  sincerely 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that, 
  from 
  the 
  growing 
  interest 
  

   manifested 
  in 
  entomology, 
  the 
  numerous 
  accessions 
  to 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  its 
  students, 
  the 
  facility 
  for 
  study 
  afforded 
  by 
  

   recent 
  publications 
  and 
  in 
  several 
  extensive 
  classified 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  — 
  the 
  reproach 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  Entomologists 
  of 
  New- 
  

   York, 
  may 
  speedily 
  be 
  removed. 
  And 
  while 
  the 
  thorough 
  

   exploration 
  of 
  any 
  locality 
  can 
  scarcely 
  fail 
  of 
  bringing 
  to 
  

   light 
  much 
  new 
  material, 
  the 
  ambitious 
  student 
  may 
  have 
  for 
  

   his 
  incentive 
  the 
  assurance 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  region, 
  and 
  

   especially 
  among 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  Mountains 
  proper, 
  there 
  is 
  

   open 
  to 
  him 
  an 
  unexplored 
  field 
  where 
  faithful 
  search 
  will 
  

   assuredly 
  yield 
  him 
  a 
  most 
  abundant 
  return. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  valuable 
  information 
  embodied 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  

   List, 
  in 
  its 
  enumeration 
  of 
  species, 
  dates 
  of 
  apparition, 
  com- 
  

   parative 
  abundance 
  of 
  species 
  and 
  of 
  sex, 
  we 
  are 
  indebted 
  to 
  

   the 
  zeal 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  TV. 
  Hill, 
  of 
  Albany. 
  Although 
  having 
  but 
  

   recently 
  devoted 
  himself 
  to 
  entomological 
  study, 
  the 
  ardor 
  

   with 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  entered 
  upon 
  it, 
  the 
  unwearying 
  industry 
  

   displayed 
  in 
  its 
  pursuit, 
  and 
  the 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  results 
  thus 
  

   far 
  attained, 
  give 
  every 
  assurance 
  that 
  the 
  science 
  to 
  which 
  he 
  

   has 
  so 
  earnestly 
  consecrated 
  his 
  available 
  time, 
  will 
  be 
  mate- 
  

   rially 
  advanced 
  by 
  his 
  labors. 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  Township 
  No. 
  4, 
  of 
  Lewis 
  

   county, 
  at 
  Fenton 
  ? 
  s, 
  and 
  its 
  immediate 
  vicinity. 
  The 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  above 
  tide 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  computed, 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  given 
  

   approximately 
  at 
  1450 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  larger 
  proportion 
  — 
  perhaps 
  three- 
  fourths 
  — 
  of 
  the 
  Ncc- 
  

   tuidse 
  were 
  attracted 
  by 
  light, 
  and 
  taken 
  within 
  the 
  Fenton 
  

   House. 
  Quite 
  a 
  number 
  were 
  captured 
  "at 
  sugar"; 
  the 
  

   inexperience 
  of 
  the 
  collector 
  in 
  this 
  usually 
  very 
  successful 
  

  

  