LORQUINIA 
of Habrodais grumis Bdv., then new to my collection, on the canyon 
live oak ( Qucrcus chrysolepis) , at an elevation of 5000 feet. 
The distance from the Tnohimne Meadows to Yosemite Valley 
is 21 miles, rising from an elevation of 4000 to 8500 feet at the former. 
Half way between these places is Tenaya Lake, where I stayed over 
night at a small camp of the Sierra Club. 
Next day, on reaching Tuolumne Meadows, the site of an ancient 
glacier and lying along the Tuolumne River at an elevation of 8500 
feet, I found Suryuiiis bchri Edw. very abundant, flying over the fine 
grass and flowers and very easy to capture, which rather surprised 
me, as I had read different accounts on the habits of this alpine but- 
terfly stating that it was occasionally found near the summit and was 
difficult to take, owing to the rugged nature of its haunts. I might add 
that during this trip I found it only in the meadows at dififerent alti- 
tudes and never on summits or on rough places. 
I also made the acquaintance for the first time of Hcodes cuprcus 
Edw. as it perched feeding on the flowers of the yellow groundsell 
(Senccio higcns), its small lustrous red wings glistening in the sun. I 
afterward found this species plentiful on the mountain sides from 8500 
to 12,500 feet. 
During the first few days of my stay I worked the Tuolumne 
Meadows and the lower hillsides adjacent, taking, besides the species 
above mentioned, Pieris occidcntalis Reak., Argynnis montivaga Behr, 
Brenthis epithore Bdv., Bnphydryas sierra Wright, Poygonia gracilis 
G. and R., Phyciodcs cainpcstris Behr, Phyciodcs niylitta Edw. Plcbeiiis 
sac pi ol us Bdv. race achaja Behr. 
This high mountain form with heavy spots in both sexes on the 
underside and with broad dark borders on the upper side in the males 
was originally described by Dr. Behr from the Tuolumne Meadows. 
Plebcius shasta Bdzv. 
This small Blue, in search of which I had the summer before 
climbed the steep sides of Mt. vShasta in Siskiyou County, but without 
success, I found frequenting dry, gravelly hillsides, flying around a 
small prostrate form of blue lupine. 
Plebcius aquilo Bdv. race podarcc Feld. 
This small alpine race v/as by far the most abundant Lycaenid on 
the meadows. 
Plebcius icarioidcs Bdv. 
This widely distributed and variable butterfly I took on the purple 
bush lupine, growing in the sunny openings in the pine forest. 
Of the Hesperiidae taken I identify Thorybes incxicamis H. and S. 
race nevada Scud. 
Both Holland and Wright figure this black-brown skipper as 
acmilea Skin. W^right's specimen was taken in the Sierra Nevada 
Mountains. 
Politcs sabnlcti Bdv. race tecmnsch Grin. 
