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to be seen, travelling much more rapidly than most of its 

 congeners, and very snake-like in its movements ; here, 

 too, we found Carahus rugosus, F., and C. mclancholicus, F., 

 Chlainius martinczi, Ganglb., St&i'opus insidiator, Pioch., 

 various Harpali (zahroides, Dej., etc.), Acinojms, Aristus, 

 Cyrtonus, Timarcha, Asida, IIclio2Kithes, Dorcadion, etc. 

 Leaving Tragacete on July 26th, we worked our way on 

 foot to Guadalaviar, a village close under one of the highest 

 points in the district, the Muela de San Juan, crossing 

 on our way the upper valley of the Tagus and the Portillo 

 de Guadalaviar, the high ridge known under the latter 

 name forming the boundary between Castile and Aragon. 

 All these mountains are clothed with pines to the summit, 

 and none of them are high enough (under 7000 feet) for 

 really alpine forms; nevertheless near the top of this ridge, 

 on the northern side, in some open places amongst the trees, 

 a good many interesting beetles were found under the 

 larger stones which had been cleared away from the 

 cultivated patches of ground, as Cathormioccrus (two 

 species, one perhaps undescribed), and various Hyperm, 

 Cymindis, Zahrus, Carabtis, and Harpalus. Sleeping one 

 night at Guadalaviar, we again moved on early the 

 next day en route for Albarracin, on foot as before, the 

 greater part of the way lying over undulating arid districts 

 till we descended abruptly to the fertile valley of the 

 River Guadalaviar, at the village of Trama Castilla. 

 Hence on to Albarracin, about nine miles distant, our route 

 was along a fine, new road, wholly uninteresting from an 

 entomological point of view, the last two miles or so 

 through a very narrow, deep, winding gorge, at the mouth 

 of which the town is situated, perched upon an eminence 

 formed by an abrupt angle of the river, and completely 

 barring the outlet. This new road, extending from near 

 Teruel to the mining districts above Noguera, is carried 

 straight under Albarracin by a tunnel, near the entrance 

 to which we obtained lodgings at a house by the road-side, 

 the " Posada Nueva," the proprietor of which, Jose Narro, 

 knew something of entomology, having collected at times 

 for Father Bernardo Zapater, who lived close by, and Herr 

 Max. Korb of Munich, the Father himself, in spite of his 

 great age, helping us in many ways. At Albarracin we 

 remained till August 8th, making one long excursion, how- 

 ever, to Bronchales, in the Sierra, about fifteen miles 

 distant, and sleeping there two nights. The most pro- 



