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"the most common found. Saw no Erynnis leadi.
Left Watertown at 6.40. Stopping at the
Le Roy Hotel.
Lowville is one of the prettiest villages
I have seen along the route.
Watertown, R. Y., Sep. 5 - Tuesday.
Spent the morning collecting in the Lowville
and Watertown (= Bleda Run) north of the city.
The Watertown area has to be most advantageous in
a large pasture to the north of Watertown less than
three miles out. Osmocerus is abundant here and
Lomicrocerus rare (one specimen was seen about 8
inches across the aperture, and 8 inches long indicating
a length of about 12 inches). We also saw an occasional
bug endrocerus of an Endrocerus, Cystoecus, and
Eurystmites. Of bachiopods Orthos triemaria O. subsquata,
sericatus, R. alternata, R. microcerus, a simple