1880, 
52 ITINERARY. 
Nov. 15. San Martin, near Ostuncalco (7400 feet). 
Scattered trees, ground mostly cultivated. 
Nov. 16-18. Quezaltenango. Cerro Quemado visited. 
Nov. 19-Dee. 14. Las Nubes (Cerro Zunil). [The 
village of Santa Maria, on way down from Quezal- 
tenango, almost destroyed during recent years by an 
eruption of the volcano of that name. | 
Dec. 15. San Isidro. 
Dec. 16-26. San Agustin (2250 feet). Southern 
(Pacific) slope of the Volcan de Atitlan. Second- 
growth woods, coffee-plaritations, &c., all very dry 
and dusty at this season. Many Lepidoptera 
Heterocera taken ‘at light’ in the verandah of the 
house. 
Dec. 27-29. San Lucas Toliman (4900 feet). Indian 
village on the borders of the Lake of Atitlan, which 
is very deep and has no visible outlet to the Pacific. 
Oak-woods, &c., arid region. Pampojilaj, on the 
coast road, visited, and the lake crossed (at night) to 
northern side. Numerous thickly populated Indian 
villages round the lake, the Indians not very friendly. 
Dee. 30. Panajachel (4900 feet). Stayed at a flour- 
mill, close to the lake. The town of Solola not very 
far distant. 
Dec. 31. San Lucas Toliman. Returned from Pana- 
jachel by a tortuous detour along the high ground 
above the lake. 
. Jan. 1. Godines (6900 feet). Arid district above the 
precipitous cliffs bordering the Lake of Atitlan on 
the N.E. side. Magnificent view at sunset of the 
lake and the adjacent volcanoes and mountains to the 
southward during the cloudless skies of the dry 
season. 
Jan. 2. Chimaltenango (5650 feet). Reached by way 
of Patzun and Patzitzia. Upland district cultivated 
with cereals. 
Jan. 3-11. Guatemala city. 
Jan. 12. Antigua. 
Jan. 18. Volcan de Agua (about 13,000 feet) ascended 
at night (moonlight) from the Indian village of Santa 
Maria (6500 feet). Belt of deciduous trees above 
the cultivated ground to about 9500 feet, scattered 
pines above, even in crater. Path up deep and 
extremely narrow, between dense tussocks of high 
grass. Very few insects met with on summit, the 
butterflies seen merely common stragglers from 
below. Indians ascend to fetch a little ice obtained 
from holes made in the ground. So windy that it 
was impossible to remain long on summit, clouds 
forming rapidly after about 10 a.m. 
Jan. 14. Antigua. 
Jan. 15-Feb. 3. Pantaleon (1700 feet), Pacifie slope. 
‘Tierra caliente. Sugar-cane fields and second 
growth (rastrojo). ; 
1881. Feb. 4-14. Mirandilla (1700 feet). Similar ground. 
Feb. 15. Escuintla. 
Feb. 16-18. Torola (1000 feet). Scattered patches of 
forest. 
Feb. 19-28. Paso Antonio (400 feet). Open savannas, 
with scattered Crescentia and other trees, near Pacific, 
above Istapa. Lagoons here adjacent to the Rio 
Michotoya drained and used for pasturing the hungry 
cattle in dry season. Silurians and other fish 
captured in large numbers by the natives when the 
water becomes low in the lagoons, and iguanas also 
sought after, for food. Culicide and ticks very 
troublesome. Some new Dytiscide and other aquatic 
insects taken. 
March 1-3. ‘Torola. 
March 4. Savana Grande, near the Rio Maria Linda 
(about 1150 feet). Scrubby woods, pasturage, and 
cultivated ground. Passed through village of 
Guanagazapa. 
March 5. La Gavita (La Gavia) (1700 feet). Similar 
ground. ; 
March 6, 7. Brito. 
March 8-16. Torola. District swarming with ticks 
in dry season, and extremely unproductive, entomo- 
logically, like the rest of the ‘tierra caliente’ of the 
Pacific slope, during this period. 
March 17-April 38. Guatemala city. 
April 4,5. Escuintla. 
April 6, 7. San Joséde Guatemala. Left by coasting 
steamer on 7th en route for Panama. 
April 9. La Union, Salvador. Landed for a few 
hours. 
April 10. Corinto, Nicaragua. Landed for a few 
hours. 
April 12. Punta Arenas, Costa Rica. Landed for a 
few hours. 
April 17-20. Panama city. Left on 20th by small 
steamer for Chiriqui; the ‘“ port” reached by a 
tortuous passage through mangrove-swamps, navi- 
gable at high-water. 
April 22-380. David. Principal town of Chiriqui. 
Open savannas, with scattered, leathery-leaved, deci- 
duous trees. Denser growth by river-side and 
on hills adjacent, the latter productive, entomo- 
loyically. 
May 1-27. Finca Nance Bonito (about 2860 feet). 
Southern slope of the Volcan de Chiriqui. Plenty 
of forest, cleared in places for coffee-plantations, a 
fine palm locally abundant beneath the larger forest- 
trees, at about 2000 feet, just above the limit of the 
savannas. Conifere altogether wanting in the district, 
probably not reaching south of Nicaragua. Two 
species of monkeys (Cebus hypoleucus and an Ateles, 
almost certainly geoffroyz) seen. Productive locality. 
