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trails, however, aiul at the edge of the woods are great numbers of butter- 

 flies and grasshoppers and many species of other insects. During two 

 davs, one species of l)utterfly was migrating high over the jungle in 

 immense numbers. I found two large tarantulas conunon. There 

 was found also and presented to me bv Mr. E. Howard, a specimen of a 

 very rare trap-door spider, (^liorizop.s loricatus C. K. There is only one 

 other specimen of this spider known to exist, and that is in the Paris 

 collection. 



After leaving La Buena Ventura, I spent fou.r days at Palomares in 



E. O. Hovey, Pi:o;o, 1906. 



SANTA LUCRECIA, A NATIVE VILLAGE ON THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC. 



the State of Oaxaca on the Isthmus. Here there is also an extensive 

 jungle, but the character of the vegetation is somewhat different, owing 

 to different soil. It did not, however, afford enough peculiarities to 

 merit a long stay, so I proceeded to San (ieronimo. At this place, 

 the country has the character of a semi-desert with mes(|uite and cactus 

 and very little rainfall. This year, however, about a week before my 

 arrival, an especially heavy rain flooded the land for miles. The water 

 ran oft' (piicklv, and soon the heat of the sun caused the soil to crack. 



