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village, which lies in the ujDper part of the valley of the 

 River Jucar, at an elevation of about 4000 feet, proved to 

 be an excellent centre for work, there being plenty of pine- 

 forest and other suitable ground in the vicinity. Many 

 excursions were made up the Jucar, which descends 

 through a long narrow gorge before reaching Tragacete, 

 sometimes to near its source, amongst the extensive pine- 

 forests, and we never failed to bring back some interesting 

 insects. In the open places, as at Cuenca, there was the 

 usual abundance of Zonahris, Zonitis, Cerocoma, Trichodes 

 (four species), Lcptura unipundata, Clytanthus ruficornis, 

 etc., on Eryngium and other spiny flowering plants. 

 Higher up, in the wooded ground, on the Umbelliferaa, 

 etc., various Longicornia were to be found, as Lcptura 

 stragidata, Germ., and Strangalia intbesccns, F., both in 

 plenty, and both varying in colour to entirely black, L. 

 distigma, Charp. (a beautiful insect alive), L. sanguinohnta, 

 L., Pachyta ^-maculata, L,, and divers species of Lclna, 

 Acmmodcra, Anthccria, CoriBbus, Haplvcneinus, Malachins, 

 Mydcrus, MordeJla, Chrysanthia, (Edemera, etc. On tlie 

 pine-trees, on which we had the pleasure of first finding 

 the handsome larva of Griellsia isahdlx, various beetles 

 were met with, as Bradiydcrcs suhoralis, Graells, Scythropus, 

 Pissodcs, a pallid Cryptocephalus (near C. pini, L., but with 

 a smooth thorax), a similarly-coloured Galerucid, Magdaiis, 

 etc. On the pine-timber, or under its bark, we obtained 

 three species oi Buprestis,Anthaxia, Teinnodiila, Flegaderus, 

 Platysoma, Paromalus, Tachyta nana, Gyll., Placusa, Menc- 

 philus, HypoiJliloius, Hylastes, Tomieus, Crypturgus, Mono- 

 hamnius, Crioccphalus, Sp)ondylis, and others. In dung in 

 the road Aj^hodius carpdanus, Graells (in plenty), Buhas, 

 Copris, Emus, etc., occurred. The wet moss on the stones 

 in the river (here reduced to a narrow stream) harboured 

 Bcmhidium iherieiim, Pioch., and an Ocalca (in plenty), as 

 well as Oredochilus and an Ancyro2Jhorus; on the stones 

 themselves, here or elsewhere near Tragacete, were several 

 Elmis, OditlicMus, Hydriena, and Parnus ; and on the 

 banks, various Tadiyma, Scopivus, P.vdcrus, Bcmhidium, 

 Blcmiis, Cryp)tohypmts, and Hydrocyplion. The old deserted 

 nests of the pine processionary-moth Thaumatopcca pityo- 

 campa, Schiff, hanging on the upper branches of the pines, 

 when one had pluck enough to handle them, furnished 

 Dcrmcstcs cturichalrcus, Klist., in abundance. In grassy 

 places on the hill-sides, Mcloe majalis, L., was frequently 



