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a belt of oak "wood. On the summit of the Sierra a few 

 Donxulion dejeaiii were seen, but all too worn to take ; 

 also Clilienius dives, Amara ooptcra, various Cymindis and 

 Kargahis, Asida castellana, Steropits ghiliaAii, a small 

 OlocroMs, ZaJjrus, etc. Here, on Cytisus purgans, a curious 

 Cncorrhinus was met with : the $ of elongate shape and 

 with greyish scales, the ^ much larger, pyriform, and with 

 green scales, the female in abundance, and the two sexes 

 often in company ; and with these occurred a few females 

 of the species found at Bejar on G-enista fiarida.. On the 

 stems of the Gytisus the local CryptocephaliLS erosics was 

 often to be seen, but rarely captured, also various Cly- 

 thrids. In grassy places amongst this plant, on the Sierra, 

 Acm^odcra tmniaia was to be found in profusion on flowers ; 

 and wherever there was any dung Aphodius honvoidoiri 

 could be taken in any cpantity, occasionally in company 

 with the brilliantly-coloured CTeotrupes coruscans. A patch 

 of uncultivated rocky ground near the town of Piedrahita, on 

 which there were many ancient evergreen oaks, and Genista 

 cinerea and the usual brooms, Eryngium, etc., produced a 

 good many interesting insects not seen elsewhere. On 

 July 19th an excursion was made to El Barco, on the 

 Tormes, in the vtilley between the "Bejar" and the 

 '" Gredos," whence a rough road extends to the plains of 

 Estremadura. The long time occupied on the journey, 

 which was made in a not uncomfortable countrv cart 

 (tartana), gave us, however, but a few hours at the place, 

 our investigations being limited to the ground in the 

 immediate vicinity of the river. Here there was an 

 abundance of alder, sallow, and familiar marsh-plants, but 

 very little to be got by beating. Anomala ntgatipcnnis 

 flew about pretty freely in the sunshine ; and on the 

 flowers or stems of the gigantic Umbelliferge were Cardio- 

 p)liorus rufipcs, Leptitra fontcnayi ; ( ^ and $ ), ClytantJius 

 trifasciatus, Trichod.es octopunctati's, an Agapa.ntJiia, and 

 Gcroconia schrebcri, and an abtindauce of conspicuous 

 common Hymenoptera and Hemiptera. By the banks 

 of the Tormes Pcrileptus, Pssdcrus, Blednis, etc., were 

 found, as well as Fseudophlceus, Eniblethis, and other 

 Hemiptera. 



On July 23rd we left Piedrahita for Avila, by the dili- 

 gence, a wearisome journey of six hours, remaining in the 

 last-mentioned place for three days. From this most 

 interesting old city the high ground was quite inaccessible, 



