CHARLES P. ALEXANDER 3 



a slight attack of malaria, prevalent in this climate. I just had 

 time to catch the boat that plies between Balboa and Guayaquil. 



Ecuador. — We arrived here about six days after leaving Col- 

 ombia and after going up the river for about thirty miles we 

 came to the city of Guayaquil, and right across the river Duran, 

 where I remained for about three days. During the daytime 

 I went after specimens as usual and captured a number of all 

 orders, but night was when I reaped a harvest. There was a 

 gasolene lamp that hung overhead and I spread a sheet on the 

 table underneath and the insects would swarm around and 

 finally fall on the sheet. Leaving there I went on to Huigra, 

 which is at an altitude of 4500 feet, and there I took more speci- 

 mens than I ever remember taking, before or since. It was get- 

 ting too high up for the large specimens, but the smaller ones 

 were still numerous. I went as far as Alaousi (9450 feet) and 

 found the ground all cultivated and did not remain over 

 two days, as the chmate, due to the altitude, was very cold. 

 From there I went down to Huigra, and after remaining there 

 two days back to Duran and Guayaquil. After a wait of a day 

 or two I caught the boat to Peru. 



Peru. — Calloa is situated on the sea while Lima, the capital, 

 is about seven miles inland and 500 feet above the sea. Lima 

 has a very large population and is an up-to-date cit3\ Collect- 

 ing is very good down by the river-beds. Chosica (2800 feet) 

 was the first mountain town that I visited and I found collecting 

 very good. There is little more vegetation around Chosica than 

 at Lima. Matucana was the next, a very small place among 

 the mountains that rise up a thousand feet on either side of 

 the railroad. It was not a very good place for collecting, but I 

 caught some rare and interesting specimens. Then I came to 

 Oroya (12178 feet) and scarcely expected to find insect life very 

 abundant since it is so high up, and I was glad to put on some 

 extra clothing. About 10.30 A. M. I went out and in a sheltered 

 part of the mountains was surprised to find insect life quite 

 abundant, especially Diptera and Lepidoptera. After remain- 

 ing there about five days I went to Jauja (11878 feet) and then 

 to Huancayo (10636 feet). I kept along the mountain tops 

 and should have liked to have gone to the other side of the 

 Andes, and except for the war coming on I should have done so. 



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