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came across Agriades coriilon var. Idspana, H.-Sch. — hardly distinguish- 

 able on the wing from A. thetia {bellanins) — in fine condition, but mostly 

 ^ s. Dismounting, we were soon at work and able to take as many as 

 we wished. Now appeared Hipparcliia hriscis, followed by 5. statili)iii>i, 

 both in fine condition ; -S'. alci/one only in fair order, I'l/raiiieis cardui 

 Hipparchia arethiisa, S. seiiwle, and C. doriis (very worn) sparingly. 



('oe)tu)iiji)ipJia paniphilus was common in patches at pools by the 

 roadside. The last vestiges of M. lachesis, a few P. dapUdU-e with an 

 occasional S. circe skimmed across our path at intervals as we 

 proceeded. At one place A. coridon var. luapana were in swarms 

 resting on the damp sandy margin of the river, their brilliant wings 

 glittering in the sunshine as they sipped the moisture from the yellow 

 sand. This species occurred practically alone, only two HirsuUna 

 ilaiiion being taken with it. 



Along the road, at intervals, are small marsh}'^ areas in which we 

 found ( '. iphididcs, mostly worn, but a few good ones were netted. If we 

 could have stayed to work them we could have taken plenty, they being 

 more abundant here than at La Granja, where they showed signs of 

 having been thinned. The bogs between Una and Tragacete are practi- 

 cally virgin ground for this species. It was, however, necessary to 

 press on in order to arrive at Tragacete by sundown. 



At Tragacete we were delightfully entertained by Sefior Indalechio 

 Martinez. We decided to send our guide back to Cuenca with his two 

 " burros," which were indeed quite unable to continue the journey 

 even if the man had been conversant with the route to Bronchales. 

 Sefior Martinez promised to supply us with a mule and a horse and 

 also to send his son Constantino with us as far as Albarracin if we 

 would wait a day. We were very anxious to get an opportunity for 

 setting, but the Tragacete people showered such attention on us (all 

 the chief residents calling to see us) that practically none was done. 

 They know here all about the discovery of K. zapaterl by the late 

 Canon Zapater and have an entirely inflated notion of the commercial 

 value of the insect ; this we did our best to remove. 



We had decided to go on August 13th direct to Bronchales, a 

 twelve hours' journey with a good mule. Of road, there was now none, 

 in man}^ places not even a track, and it would have been impossible to 

 find one's way without a local guide. Soon after we had left Tragacete 

 behind, E. zapateri began to appear across and along our path through 

 the wooded ground of the Muelo de San Juan. Here they were not 

 plentiful, but given more time we could have taken a nice series 

 sn route. Of a dozen which we netted, ten were S' s and two were S? s. 

 All these specimens were fresh. Other species were similar to those 

 noted before, with crowded patches of Kpinepliele b/faoii, especially 

 near the village of Charchapanlla, through which we passed. We saw 

 A. coridon var. hispana, too, most of the way, but now not so 

 plentifully, together with worn Anii/imis niobe, M. lac/tesis, S. statiliuiis 

 and <.'. paDiphiliix. 



As we approached Bronchales in the evening, the air became cooler 

 and cooler, a high wind arose, and as we commenced the descent towards 

 Aragon, it gradually turned bitterly cold. Presently a sharp turn in 

 the path revealed to us a grand view of the plains of Aragon, spread 

 out far beneath us like a map, and after four days in the mountains it 

 seemed quite strange to come into civilisation again. We had crossed 



