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(Fig. 10), the universal beauty, though not numerous in the White Mountains as 

 searly as the 11th of August, was occasionally seen flitting from flcwer to flower 



Fig. 10. 



with all its well known elegance and dignity of motion. In a small cabinet at 

 the Hotel Waumbek, at Jefferson, there is a single specimen of Chionobas 

 semidea, (Say), captured on the summit of Mount Washington. This butterfly, 

 says Scudder, feeds on sedges and lives upon the summit of Mount Washington; the 

 genus containing several species, is, according to Packard, found on Alpine sum- 

 mits, and in the Arctic regions and on subarctic mountains. It must be a hardy 

 insect to withstand the. variable temperature of the mountain top. At the 

 Summit House on Mt. Washington, the mercury on the 15th of July, at 5 a.m. 

 stood at 47°, while a few days previous it was as low as 27°. At midday the power 

 of the sun is felt, and the temperature is as high as that at a much lower altitude. 



The cabinet, already referred to, at the Hotel Waumbek, Jefl'erson, contains 

 the following Lepidoptera, the greater part being captures made at Bethlehem, 

 which is at an altitude of 1,450 feet : 



P. Turnus. 

 D. Archippus. 

 L. Misippus. 

 A. Aphrodite. 

 V. Antiopa. 

 G. Interrogationis. 

 C. Philodice. 

 P. Cardui. 



S. Alope. 

 P. Cecropia. 

 T, Polyphemus. 

 A. Luna. 

 E. Grata. 

 S. do. 



M. Quinque-maeulata. 

 C. Piatrix. 



The Profile House, at Franconia Notch, has also a collection of Lepidoptera. 

 The cabinet contains the following, all of which were captured in the vicinity of 

 the hotel, altitude 1,054 feet : 



P. Turnus. 

 V. Antiopa. 

 P. Atalanta. 

 D. Archippus. 

 P. Cardui. 

 L. Arthemis. 

 A. Aphrodite. 

 C. Philodice. 



P. Cecropia. 



A. Luna. 



S. Kalmiae. 



S. Drupiferarum. 



C. Ultronia. 



A. Nessus. 



A. Octomaculata. 



A stray setter followed our stage from Mount Washington to the Glen and 

 suggested an Entomological joke which I subjoin, and with which I close this record. 



What is the name of your dog ? 

 Well, I C9.ll him Entomology. 

 Rather a queer name for a dog, isn't it ? 

 No, I think it singularly appropriate. 



Why, Entomology is a science, and means a discourse on insects, in short, it is wholly and altogether 

 a subject of insects. 



That's just the reason why I call my dog Entomology, for he is wholly and altogether a subject of 

 insects. 



