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lights in the Plaza and also seen flying in bright sunlight. 

 Sept. 13. Mostly at Xico in the coffee district, reached by 

 rail,, and at the fine water-fall at Texolo. Near this last a 

 swarm of several hundred whitish and yellow butterflies, ob- 

 served to alight repeatedly on the same damp spot, of about 

 one square foot in area, for at least two hours, proved to be 

 composed of four species of Tcrias (fabiola, tenclla, protcrpia, 

 nie.ricana) and a Catopsilia. 



Sept. 14-18. Mexico City and vicinity. 



Sept. 17. Popocatepetl Park or Cedral (good but expensive 

 English hotel), a short distance beyond Amecameca. Insects 

 few ; Odonata very rare, none taken. Fine views of Popocate- 

 petl and Istaccihuatl on the way down, but peaks cloud-covered 

 for hours in middle of day. 



Sept. 18-20. Toluca (Hotel Andueza; there are several 

 others), very clean city, beautiful scenery. Nevada de Toluca 

 cloud-covered entire time of our stay. Walked to villages just 

 north of city on Sept. 19, where a few (4) species of Odonata 

 were fairly abundant around pools in the midst of fields of 

 maguey and maize. Butterflies scarce, many humming-birds 

 and lizards. The drainage of Toluca is conveyed by an open 

 ditch to a field, several miles from the city, for subsidence and 

 evaporation. Swifts abundant over this standing water, the 

 only dragonfly here being Isc Jin nra dcnticollis in grass along 

 the water's edge. 



Sept. 20, 21. En route to Saltillo. 



Sept. 22. Collected in the morning at the Banos de San 

 Lazaro y la Asuncion, on north edge of Saltillo, and in the 

 afternoon near river, opposite the town, by pools along the 

 railroad near the Panteon. The desert near at hand. Nine 

 species of Odonata in all, a single Enallagma semicirculare 

 beaten out of the grass at the latter locality. The dining room 

 of the American-built Hotel Coahuila at which we stopped 

 swarmed with Blattclla, a few of which also invaded our sleep- 

 ing room on the third' floor. 



Sept. 23. Left Mexico at Nuevo Laredo en route to Calves- 

 ton, thence by steamship to New York. 



