LORQUINIA 
Looking towards the east, nearly the entire Mono Basin was in view 
and far below lay Mono Lake, silent and motionless with the Five 
Craters near its shore. 
Descending the mountain on the opposite side to the one I ascended, 
in spite of the bitter wind I captured specimens of the small Buphydryas 
niibigena Behr, originally described by Dr. Behr, from the Tuolumne 
Meadows region, also Pieris sisymbrii Bdv. flying amongst the small 
alpine flowers that flourished in every crevice and hollow, including 
the light purple penstemon (Pcnstemon menciesii var. davidsonii) , 
the minute white alpine buckwheat ( Briogomim oz'alifoliiim) and its 
yellow relative ( Briogonum iucamiin), also the small yellow Draba 
with its tiny mat-like leaves and floAvers, and the alpine white moss 
phlox (Phlox cacspitosa sub-sp. uniscoides) . 
Hearing from a botonist friend of the profusion of flowers grow- 
ing on Mt. Hoffman, I explored the mountain, finding the beauty of 
the flowers there fully up to my expectations. At the base of the 
mountain I took the large Blue. Plebeius anna Edw., distinguished 
from nielissa Edw. by the much lighter orange-colored sub-marginal 
band on the underside. On nearing the summit I came upon typical 
Philofes battoides Behr. This dark little Lycaenid, characterized by 
the heavy quadrate black spots on the underside, inhabits the higher 
elevations from 10,000 feet and upwards. A race of this species from 
Southern California, named by Barnes and McDunnough bcrnardino, 
is paler in ground color and has much smaller and lighter markings 
on the underside. 
On the 3rd of August, a few days before returning to San Fran- 
cisco, I decided to try my luck 0:1 Mammoth Peak {1212S feet), that 
part of Kuna Crest at the foot of which flow the Dana and Lyell 
forks of the Tuolumne River. 
After walking over the trail leading towards Mono Pass for two 
hours, I left it and started "cross country" through the pine forest, 
guided by a sight now and then of the mountain top towering above 
me. It was an ideal day for collecting ; warm and without a breath 
of wind, which is rather unusual in the high altitudes of the Sierra. 
No sooner had I reached the timberline and emerged into the open 
among the granite rocks and deformed, dwarfed pines than I saw large 
numbers of the pale ashen brown Oencis chryxus race ivallda Mead 
chasing one another and alighting on the rocks and gravel. When at 
rest with wings folded, so closely do they resemble the color of the 
ground that at times it is difficult to distinguish them. Having secured 
a large series of these butterflies, I continued to climb higher, taking 
near the top Buphydryas nubigcna Behr, Pieris sisymbrii Bdv., Phil- 
otcs battoides Behr and Heodes cup.reus Edw. 
