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O. P. PEARSON
1949
Then drove to Cassel for the night. Found at 7:30 p.m. about 6 Mystica brief in creamery (2 banded) and 2 Cory in the house. Both corps were fat unbanded females, no sperm in either.
Why torpid at 7:30 p.m.? One more Mystica in creamery at 9:30, and one more at 5 a.m. Unfortunately, all except 2 escaped from cage overnight.
Oct. 5. One more Mystica at 8 a.m. behind curtain on front door of house. The banded one that didn't escape was ♂ 49-123249. Banded also ♀ 123168 and ♂ 123169. The latter was attempting to copulate with the former on the floor of the cage, penis slightly smaller and quite red.
Stopped at Duhury Cove again at 10:30 a.m. and found very tiny - supple fat female torpid in north branch. She had mated. Also another specimen in south branch. Home 6:45 p.m. via Viola + Manton. Road shorter but rough.
Oct. 19 Drove Model A to Knophill, Mapa Co. Visited Knophills tunnel, 2 Red Mine tunnels, and especially the Manhattan Mine above Knophill. Found many Coryorphina (see catalog), no other lates. Dead milled and coyote hanging on fence at divide between Montrella + Mapa. Good crop of acorns can (and falling from) live oaks.