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  Thirtieth 
  Report 
  ox 
  the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  [116] 
  

  

  also 
  of 
  another 
  extremly 
  rare 
  species 
  (previous 
  to 
  1876), 
  that 
  

   instead 
  of 
  extracting 
  from 
  it. 
  I 
  present 
  it 
  in 
  full 
  : 
  

  

  ••In 
  accordance 
  with 
  your 
  suggestion 
  that 
  Brephos 
  infans 
  

   might 
  be 
  found 
  at 
  Center, 
  on 
  the 
  3d 
  of 
  April 
  last 
  ^1876], 
  I 
  

   took 
  the 
  early 
  train 
  for 
  that 
  place. 
  From 
  7. 
  30 
  a. 
  m. 
  to 
  

   12 
  M., 
  I 
  searched 
  through 
  the 
  white 
  birch 
  swamps 
  without 
  

   meeting 
  with 
  one. 
  but 
  on 
  emerging 
  in 
  a 
  clearing 
  on 
  the 
  

   west 
  of 
  the 
  timber. 
  I 
  was 
  at 
  once 
  brought 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  a 
  half 
  

   dozen 
  or 
  more, 
  sailing 
  around, 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  

   twenty 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  ground. 
  In 
  striving 
  to 
  capture 
  a 
  speci- 
  

   men. 
  I 
  observed 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  manage 
  to 
  keep 
  from 
  fifty 
  to 
  a 
  

   hundred 
  feet 
  distant 
  from 
  me. 
  except 
  when 
  flying 
  swiftly 
  by. 
  

   Thev 
  were 
  evidentlv 
  well 
  aware 
  of 
  mv 
  presence. 
  At 
  1.30 
  p. 
  m. 
  

  

  v 
  ft/ 
  «. 
  _L 
  

  

  when 
  moving 
  very 
  slowly 
  and 
  scanning 
  closely 
  the 
  ground 
  

   and 
  brush, 
  a 
  B. 
  'infans 
  rose 
  from 
  an 
  open 
  spot 
  surrounded 
  

   by 
  some 
  newly 
  cut 
  birches. 
  To 
  my 
  great 
  delight. 
  I 
  captured 
  

   it. 
  It 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  fresh 
  and 
  perfect 
  specimen 
  — 
  taken, 
  

   perhaps, 
  in 
  its 
  first 
  flight. 
  Although 
  they 
  continued 
  to 
  fly 
  

   for 
  some 
  time 
  afterward; 
  I 
  failed 
  to 
  secure 
  another. 
  

  

  April 
  17th. 
  I 
  again 
  visited 
  Center, 
  but 
  searched 
  in 
  vain 
  for 
  

   more 
  of 
  the 
  infans 
  : 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  example 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  

   The 
  day 
  was 
  colder, 
  with 
  more 
  wind 
  and 
  but 
  little 
  sunshine. 
  

   As 
  the 
  weather 
  became 
  more 
  unfavorable. 
  I 
  left 
  the 
  birches 
  

   and 
  devoted 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  to 
  examining 
  the 
  fences 
  

   along 
  the 
  railroad, 
  and 
  was 
  well 
  rewarded 
  by 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  

   three 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  Xylina 
  fagina. 
  

  

  April 
  20th. 
  visited 
  the 
  locality 
  for 
  the 
  third 
  time. 
  At 
  

   1 
  p. 
  M., 
  I 
  captured 
  my 
  second 
  infans 
  — 
  this 
  time 
  resting 
  on 
  a 
  

   small 
  white 
  birch 
  — 
  the 
  wind 
  blowing 
  freshly 
  toward 
  me, 
  

   with 
  the 
  sun 
  bright 
  and 
  warm. 
  I 
  observed 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  dozen 
  

   others, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  succeed 
  * 
  in 
  taking 
  another, 
  although 
  the 
  

   chase 
  was 
  perseveringly 
  continued 
  for 
  several 
  hours. 
  I 
  

   repeatedly 
  saw 
  them 
  alighting 
  on 
  small 
  birch 
  trees, 
  but 
  the 
  

   moment 
  a 
  movement 
  was 
  made 
  toward 
  them, 
  although 
  at 
  a 
  

   distance 
  of 
  a 
  hundred 
  feet, 
  it 
  was 
  noticed, 
  and 
  the 
  moth 
  at 
  

   once 
  took 
  wing 
  again. 
  Later 
  in 
  the 
  afternoon, 
  the 
  fine 
  weather 
  

   changed 
  to 
  cold 
  and 
  blustering, 
  with 
  snow, 
  and 
  as 
  not 
  a 
  

   single 
  infans 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  I 
  went 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  Xylina 
  

   fagina. 
  My 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  fences 
  was 
  rewarded 
  by 
  

   the 
  capture 
  of 
  nine 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  — 
  including 
  

   those 
  previously 
  taken, 
  twelve 
  in 
  all. 
  Of 
  these, 
  ten 
  were 
  

  

  