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Shien, where I found the elevation to he 6000 feet, and the mountain 

 or sunmer resort to be the mo st ideal place for collecting moths that 

 I have seen. The collector 2 en had 70 "boxes of specimens. Allowing 

 200 insects a box, there would be 14000. W e are safe in saying that 

 there are at least 10000 for the summer f s catch by one collector on 

 Beh Luh Din alone. I am repacking them to save space, and will mail 

 them as soon as I can. i'hey are Boxes 116 to 118, filled today. 



Sept. 14. Soday I finished redrying the seventy boxes of in- 

 sects caught at the summer resort Beh Lull Bin. I am adding naphtha- 

 line and mailing and packing the specimens gradually. I think I am 

 more nearly swamped with specimens than every before. 



Packed boxes 119-121, Beh Luh Din insects. 



Sept. 122-130, Insects collected last summer on Beh Luh Din, 

 near Penshien, China. 



Today I sent the netter, Yao to Kuanshien to collect at the 

 altitude of about 4000 feet. I want him to work there a couple of 

 months . 



The weather has been too clear for night moth catching but it 

 is clouding up, and there is no moon, so we should get night insects. 



Sept. 15. ^oday I mailed 13 packages of insects. 



Wrapped Boxes 131 to 140, insects collected last summer at 

 Beh Luh Din. We are collecting night moths every night here in 

 Ohengtu, but are having only fair luck. 



