This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
86 [[preprinted]] [[underline]] Sta. 105 [[/underline]] Monroe Canyon, 6 mi. n. of Harrison, Nebr. 4900' +/-. Lupine but only [[underline]] Phadratespiasus; [[underline]] skippers, [[underline]]Speyeria,[[/underline]] redclerids, a brushid? buprestids,flies, etc.Windy. [[underline]] Sta. 106 [[/underline]] Sowbelly Canyon, 5-10 mi. ne. of Harrison, Nebr. Good deal of lupine but until the last moment [[underline]] no [[/underline]] blues. Host lupine samples. Bumblebee, gray + blue damselflies. Elev. 4875'. Humidity 47. Temperature 26.5 [[symbol for degrees.]] 1. Hydrophilid, flies ( small museoids), tachmid,pompetid. [[underline]]Sta. 107. [[/underline]] Many large cychrimi or calosomas running on road. Also about 4 Nemogratha on unflowers. Stopped in Hot Springs, S. D. for the night. [[underline]] Sta.108. [[/underline]] A small solplugid running rapidly on floor of motel room. [[left margin]] June 27. Wed. [[/left margin. Mileage 55109. Car not running very well and exhaust noisy, so we pulled into a Mercury garage. Exhaust gaskets + automatic choke. Drove to Custer. Stopped at Forest Service office and were told of a limestone area to n.w. No lupines evident in the surrounding granite areas. 3 mi. n. of town Turned west on road to Moon. Mileage 55147. [[underline]] Sta. 109.[[/underline]] 14 mi. n.w. of Custer, N.D. on road to Moon. Large buprestids, small cerambycid, small buprestids, 4 species of lycainids, etc. [[underline]] Pieris bequaerdi.[[/underline]] [Added to Sta. 110.] [[underline]] Sta. 110. [[/underline]] 20 mi. n.w. of Custer,N.D. on road to Moon. Lupines + several lycaenids, but no [[underline]] icariodes. [[/underline]] Temp. 22.5 [[symbol for degrees] (.) humidity 60. Mileage 55167. [[underline]] Pieris [[/underline]] & [[underline]] Parnassius. [[/underline]] Oeneis [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 87 The blues included: [[underline]] Callophrys eryphon, Glauropsyche lydamus,Everes romyntas, Plegejus saepiolus & Agriades glandon. [[/underline]] A ^half^ farther on found a larger hairier lupine. Elevation 7000. Two species growing & flowering side by side. Hirsute one has larger blooms taking longer to mature but seems to start blooming later. Add [[underline]] Colices? [[strikethrough]] anend? [[/strikethrough]] alercoredia, Phyciodes,[[/underine]] 4 [[underline]] Glaucopsyche.[[/underline]] 1 live [[ symbol for female]] [[underline]] Aguades glandon. [[/ underline]] [[underline]] Sta. 111. [[/underline]] About 4 mi. n. of Moon, S.D. A large bank of large hirsute lupines 1 [[symbol for female]] 1 [[symbol for male]] [[underline]] P. icarioides, [[/underline]] many green [[underline]]Lytta. [[/underline]] Counted 100 stalks--1 egg! Went through mining town of Lead, jammed between walls of canyon -- large open cut mine.no lupines-- to John's Motel in Deadwood, S.D. Very few insects flying at night, alto warm. [[underline]] Sta. 112. [[/ underline]] Deadwood, S.D. At lights, 1 Cerambyci, [[left margin]] June 28. Thurs. [[/left margin]] [[underline]] Sta. 113. [[/ underline]] 5 mi. w. of Lead, S.D. , a few glabrous lupines. Several blues & other butterflies. Mileage 55225. [[underline]] Sta. 114. [[/underline]] Spearfish Canyon, 2 mi. n. of Savoy, [[insertion]] S.D. [[/insertion]] Elev. 4800. Glabrous lupine in seed. Massive limestone. Chafers 1 new blue ( [[underline]]Pseudargiolus [[/underline]] ), gray cerambyids, coicinellids, small huprestid, misc.butterflies. Deadwood & Lead were in slate or colored rocks, not limestone. Latter appeared about 5-10 miles to west of Lead.