Dec., '03] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 319 



insect fauna would show many species peculiar to each peak, 

 or possibly only on one or two peaks, as is indicated by the 

 work which has been done in botany upon Mount Rainier of 

 Washington and some of the other neighboring mountains. 

 The fact is, there are hundreds of undescribed insects to be 

 found here in the Northwest, for even the valley fauna is far 

 from being thoroughly known. 



There are two Alpine clubs on the Pacific coast the Ma/.a- 

 mas of Portland, Ore., and the Sierra Club of San Francisco. 

 Either of these clubs will gladly take any visitors who may 

 wish to accompany them on their annual outings. 



Collecting in Mexico. 

 BY M. E. HOAG, D.D.S., Wapello, Iowa. 



I recently returned from a three months' trip to Old Mexico, 

 and will try to give some idea of the country I visited and the 

 material to be had there. 



At present writing I cannot make a complete list of all the 

 species taken on the trip, but will do so as soon as possible. 



The country to the south and east of Altamira, Mexico, is 

 low and wet, while north and west it is rolling and covered 

 with timber consisting of oak, chijol, mesquite, mahogany and 

 undergrowth. At short intervals there are small parks or open 

 spaces, and here are found a few flowering shrubs and creepers, 

 but they seem to have very little attraction for butterflies or 

 other insects. 



A good collector in the north is not supposed to chase speci- 

 mens, but if you wish to catch anything in the part of the 

 country I visited, you will have to get a move on, for there is 

 a stiff Gulf breeze, and everything seems to drift with this at 

 a very fast gait. It is but seldom that one is fortunate enough 

 to take anything sitting. 



It is almost impossible to do any collecting in the woods, for 

 the undergrowth is so dense that one can hardly force a way 

 through, and it is impossible.- to use a net. Besides, if you get 

 into the brush, you are sure to get covered witli thousands of 

 Phiolias and (inropa/as, or woodticks. I belk-\v they art- all 



