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LORQUINIA 
the Elixir of Youth, and vainly tried to transmute the baser elements 
into glistening gold. 
The section meetings in certain lines do much to help those who 
want to devote more time to their own hobbies than the scheme of 
the general meetmgs can permit. Here again we find excellent speak- 
ers who know their subjects, and are willing to give of the largess they 
have accumulated. 
The third opportunity provided for expansion is both mental and 
physical. I refer to the field trops. Routed to the salt water or the 
mountains, these are a never-ending source of benefit of which more of 
our members should avail themselves. The leader is chosen becaust 
of his or her knowledge of the country to be traversed, and ample op- 
portunity is ofifered to those who wish to collect that which appeals to 
them. Then there is the camp at noon for a bite of lunch, and, if the 
length of the trip permits, the true California siesta. The country 
around Los Angeles is all of interest to the lover of Nature and the 
Red Gods, whether they go intent on enriching their individual collec- 
tions or merely to get away from the smoke and worry and fret of 
humdrum existence, to absorb the ozone and health so bountifully given 
by One who knows our needs better than the wisest of us. Those who 
avail themselves not can blame no one else. Give Nature a chance and 
ailments, mental or physical, will yield to her simple treatments. I 
know of no finer way to go to her than with a group of sympathetic 
companions, each of whom can contribute his quota to the enjoyment 
of true recreation. 
Why did I join the Lorquin Natural History Club? Because I 
had a hobby, to develop which I must give and receive ideas. Because 
I knew the only true way to enlarge my hobby was to study related 
hobbies in which others were interested. Last but not least, because 1 
have an unshakable belief that every one needs a definite amount of 
wholesome relaxation, and I know of no better, more certain or safer 
place to secure it than in the company of congenial companions in Na- 
ture's playground. RICHARD G. DAVIS. 
BUTTERFLIES OF ELYSIAN PARK 
During the spring I have taken a number of varied forms of but- 
terfiies in Elysian Park. 
Colias eurytheme, male ; antennae brown, tipped with black ; fore 
wings yellow, with a slight wash of orange on the lower half ; an 
orange spot in the limbal area of each wing; apex and outer margin 
light black ; hind wings yellow with an orange spot in the limbal area 
of each ; outer margin pale black. 
Female : Fore wings white, a small black spot on each in limbal 
