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localities in the island. At one point where a movin- 

 tain stream formed a deep pool in a narrow rocky gorge, a 

 species of Notoneda abounded in the water. Many an 

 interesting and favourable locality made us regret that it 

 was necessary to reach Lluch that night. We were kindly 

 received, according to the hospitable traditions of the old- 

 world monastic building, at the Colegio de Lluch. 



July 6. — Before starting by the bridle-path for Pollensa 

 we worked for about an hour in the broad valley near 

 the building, and judging from this limited experience the 

 locality appeared to provide better all-round collecting 

 than any other place visited by us in the island. 



When within a few miles of the ancient town a good 

 deal of work was done in some flowery fields beside a 

 stream. We arrived in time to visit Monte Sentuiri — a 

 steep isolated hill which I had explored in 1900. 



July 7. — This day was occupied in a walk to and from 

 the Castillo del Rey. Many opportunities for good 

 collecting were found in favourable spots by the path 

 through the woods and here and there in the broad open 

 valley beyond. Some of the mountain slopes near the 

 ruined castle were clothed in a long coarse grass, all the 

 more noticeable because of its scarcity in other places. 

 Hopes, not destined to be fulfilled, were raised of the 

 capture of Erebias. 



July 8. — The day was occupied in a visit to the Port of 

 Pollensa and in collecting on the low marshy ground, the 

 Little Albufera, which borders the bay. Odonata were 

 abundant by the irrigation ditches, and the flowers 

 yielded a good harvest of insects. Much work was done 

 in favourable spots by the side of the hot white road 

 between Pollensa and its Port. 



JtUy 9. — The results of the 8th were so favourable, and 

 the locality so different from any other we had visited, that 

 it was determined to spend the last day at Pollensa at the 

 Little Albufera. Much road-side collecting was done as on 

 the 8th. 



July 10. — We took the diligence to La Puebla and the 

 train thence to Palma, arriving in time to spend the after- 

 noon at Bellver Castle and the cliffs beyond Porto Pi as 

 far as the 6th kilometre on the coast road, going over the 

 ground explored on June 27. 



July 11. — Up to this date there had been nothing but 

 bright hot sun and cloudless skies. The change came on 



