1880. 
ITINERARY. 
June 22, 23. Chaco}. 
June 24. San Miguel Tucuru. 
June 25-27. Purula. 
June 28-July 26. San Gerénimo. My last (8th) visit 
to this place. 
July 27. Rabinal (2850 feet), en rowte for the ‘ Altos.’ 
Dry region, with scrubby woods, cacti, agaves, yuccas, 
&e., as on the plain of Salama. 
July 28. Cubulco (2900 feet). Similar country. 
July 29. Joyabaj (4300 feet), an Indian village, reached 
by a long precipitous ascent from Cubuleo. Open 
mountainous region, intercepted by deep barrancas. 
Pines and oaks on slopes. Central plateau becoming 
higher westward. An interesting butterfly (Chryso- 
phanus pyrrhias) seen in numbers on the way up from 
Cubulco. 
July 30. Santo Tomas Chiché (6100 feet). Los Altos 
region. 
July 31-Aug. 5. Chimente, Quiché Mountains (7600 
feet). Indian village. Oaks, pine, alder, &c., on 
slopes. Potatoes and maize cultivated. Cyanide 
bottles (with the results of a day’s collecting) stolen 
trom saddle-bags here. 
Aug. 6. Totonicapam (7900 feet). Pine-clad slopes, 
but too far from the town for collecting purposes. 
Aug. 7. Chevuc (9900 feet). Pine woods. Be- 
nighted at this place, having missed the road along 
the Cordillera to Los Encuentros in the dark. 
Aug. 8. Los Encuentros (8400 feet). A resting- 
place for the night, on the road to Solola or the 
capital. Arid open ground. ([Conradt collected 
insects at Tecpan, a place to the eastward. ] 
Aug. 9, 10. Desconsuelo (Solchicha) (about 10,500 
feet). Pine-forests. Very bleak situation above 
Totonicapam. Carriage-road from Quezaltenango to 
Guatemala city passes this place, following the 
summit of the highest portion of the Cordillera. 
Potatoes only cultivated. A very gvod locality *, 
most of the Coleoptera, and some of the Lepidoptera 
Heterocera, collected proving to be new, but no 
peculiar butterflies were met with. 
Aug. 11-15. Pachoe (or Patchoc) (9200 feet). Indian 
village. Pine-woods. Only accommodation obtainable 
a small schoolroom used during the day, the bare 
earth covered with pine-branches serving as a bed. 
Slopes of the Cordillera accessible from this place. 
Aug. 16. 'Totouicapam. 
Aug. 17-19. Quezaltenango (7600 feet). Cultivated 
ground mostly. Large Indian population. Un- 
productive locality. 
* The insects from Desconsuelo and Pachoe were collectively labelled 
‘Totonicapam ’ (a town at the foot of the Cordillera) in the collections 
made by Mr. Champion. 
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1880. Aug. 20-Sept. 9. Finca of Las Nubes on the southern 
(Pacific) slope of the Cerro (or Volcan) Zunil, above 
Mazatenango (4050 feet). Extensive coffee-planta- 
tions, with dense forest above. The most productive 
locality visited on the Pacitie slope. Several new 
butterflies (species of Drucina or Euptychia) met with, 
An interesting bird (Oreophasis derbianus), a monkey 
(Ateles ater ?), &c., seen in the forest. An enormous 
Passalid-beetle (Proculus goryi) found commonly 
beneath the large tree trunks left on the ground to 
decay in the ‘ cafetales ’ (coffee-plantations). 
Sept. 10-23. San Isidro (1600 feet). ‘Tierra caliente,’ 
Pacific slope, below Mazatenango. Second-growth 
woods, cleared in places for coftee and cacao planta- 
tions. A Cualigo plentiful in the tangled under- 
growth, but difficult to secure. 
Sept. 24. Retalhuleu (950 feet). Similar country. 
Now connected by rail with the port of Champerico. 
Sept. 25-Oct. 7. Las Mercedes (3200 feet). Pacitic 
slope. Immense coffee-plantations in this Costa 
Cuca district. Nearly all the original forest cleared, 
Oct. 8-17. El Reposo (800 feet). Low country near 
Pacific. Mostly second-growth woods, but some 
forest, with lofty palms, in vicinity. Macaws 
(guacamayo’s) often seen. 
Oct. 18, 19. Paraiso(300 feet), Near Pacific. Scrubby 
woods, bamboos, &c. 
Oct. 20-22. Champerico. Sea-coast. The remarkable 
fish (Anableps dovit) seen in the lagoons, [Also met 
with by Salvin, at Chiapam, near here. | 
Oct. 23. El Reposo. 
Oct. 24-26. Las Mercedes. 
Oct. 27, 28. Coatepeque (1250 feet). Mostly culti- 
vated ground. [Village almost completely destroyed 
by earthquakes during recent years. | 
Oct. 29. Rio Naranjo (450 feet). Second-growth 
woods. Mexican frontier adjacent. A new iron 
bridge in course of construction. 
Oct. 30. Near Naranjo. Benighted by losing road. 
Oct. 31-Noy. 38. Finca La Union (2250 feet). El 
Tumbador district, department of San Marcos. 
Coffee-plantations and second-growth woods. No 
villages hereabouts, the town of San Marcos on 
higher ground in the Cordillera. 
Noy. 4-7. Finca La Carolina (2600 feet). Tumbador 
district, overlooking lower portion of Soconusco, 
Chiapas, to Mexican coast, the Volcanoes Tacana 
and Tajumuleo visible to the north-west. Unpro- 
ductive locality. 
Nov. 8. La Union. 
Noy. 9. Rio Naranjo. 
Nov. 10. Coatepeque. 
Noy. 11-14. Las Mercedes. 
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