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this same prairie strip. Dragonflies here are scarce and usu- 

 ally immature as though adults sought more congenial sur- 

 roundings, 



January 18, 1905. Along railroad track about a mile below 

 town where, about quiet, dark shaded grass- and sedge-grown 

 pools a species of dragonfly found nowhere else was taken. 



January 19, 1905. Followed the Izabal trail for a distance 

 of one and one-half to two miles. Some very small streams 

 cross the trail but dragonflies are scarce. Along this trail 

 among the hills, a species each of pine and oak and an orchid in 

 full flower are observed. Selaginellas carpet the ground, 

 shaded by a variety of trees and palms. At Los Amates 

 insects in general abundant. Butterflies fairly numerous and 

 frequently freshly emerged. Birds numerous. A few turtles 

 seen in pools along railroad track. 



January 21, 1905. Returned to Gualan to store material, 

 which, unless artificially dried, could have been preserved with 

 difficulty at L,os Amates. Conditions at Gualan slightly drier 

 than on January iith, but otherwise practically the same. 

 Were told that this drought continued till vegetation was 

 largely parched, but that, when the rains began, usually in 

 May, everything became green again almost in a night. And 

 it was then, and during the months of June, July and August 

 that insects (or at least butterflies) were most in evidence. 



January 25, 1905. Went from Gualan to El Rancho. At 

 Zacapa, elevation 602 feet, on the Zacapa River, Beam and 

 Miller collected a few dragonflies during the previous three 

 days. Zacapa is a region well watered by numerous streams 

 from which many small irrigating ditches are supplied. El 

 Rancho with an elevation of 901 feet, is in a region at this date 

 practically barren, excepting for the most xerophytic plants 

 and along water courses. At sheltered places along the Mota- 

 gua, dragonflies of a few species were numerous, but for con- 

 siderable distances the river flows through a valley of boulders 

 which are the bed of the stream during the rainy season. 



January ?y, 1905. Enroute by mule from El Rancho to 

 Sanarate. Many small mountain streams were encountered in 

 this twenty-three miles journey and a few dragonflies were col- 



