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[[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.

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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

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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.
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[[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,
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                    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.