ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNFIGURED LEPIDOPTERA. 13 



LAKE TITICACA. 



I left Arequipa Monday, Oct. 31st, at 7,00 a. m., reaching 

 Puno at 7.00 p. m., a distance of two hundred and eighteen 

 miles. At one place, we reached an altitude of 14,666 ft. 

 The ground, although being in a much higher zone, was 

 mostly covered with a stiff dry grass, where droves of llamas 

 were feeding near the settlements. 



Being somewhat prepared, I was not surprised to find the 

 surroundings of Lake Titicaca absolutely baiTen. The hills 

 bear no trees nor brush, merely a covering of short dry grass. 

 In the vicinity of Puno a few flowering plants and low 

 shrubs were found on the slopes. Among these, I secured 

 two species of Hesperidae (Butleria Cypselus Feld., and one 

 unknown) ; one of Lycaena (unidentified) ; one of 

 Thecla (T. Palegon Cram.) ; one of Pieris (P. Blanchardii 

 Butl.) ; one Colias (C. Euxanthe Feld.); and two Nympha- 

 lids. One species of Pamphila and the Pieris were the same 

 as those taken at Mollendo. The rest were the same as those 

 found at Arequipa. 



On Friday morning, I took the steamer across the lake to 

 the Bolivian port, Chililaya, a pleasant day's sail. Having a 

 day here, I went afield but found butterflies were scarcer than 

 at Puno, securing only a few Pamphila, duplicates of those 

 taken before. 



LA PAZ. 



At 8. 00 o'clock Sunday morning, Nov. 6, I left Chililaya 

 for La Paz, a distance of forty-eight miles to be covered by 

 an eight-horse coach. The road was fair although very dusty 

 in places. It extended without fences over a flat cultivated 

 district. For the entire day, we had chains of snow-capped 

 mountains on our left, among them Mt. Illamper, Vol Potosi, 

 and in the distance, marking the end of our route, rose ma- 

 jestic Mt. Illimani. The ride on the outside of the coach 

 was warm and dusty, sometimes cold, but the superb views 

 compensated for it all. I was soon settled at the Hotel 

 Americano, my headquarters for some time to come. 



