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by turning over stones. The only Hymenoptera were 

 ants belonging to four species. A visit to Montserrat, tlie 

 locality which we found so rich in July 1901, yielded very 

 few insects, and no Hymenoptera at all. 



1901. 



June 24. — Mr. W. Holland, Mr. A. H. Hamm, and I 

 arrived at Port Bou, the Spanish frontier station in the 

 Eastern Pyrenees, late at night on June 23. The next 

 boat for Majorca did not leave until the evening of the 

 25th, so it was decided to spend the whole of tlie 24th 

 collecting at Port Bou, instead of going on to Barcelona. 

 First the bare hot slopes near the station were explored, 

 and many insects captured ; then, following a hint given 

 by the proprietor of the hotel, we penetrated a valley 

 running up into the hills behind the little port. At 

 the bottom of the valley there was a stream with abund- 

 ant and varied plants ; but the slopes also were still green 

 and afforded a rich collecting ground. Lepidoptera were 

 by no means common, but of insects generally we saw far 

 more than on any other occasion throughout the journey. 

 It is a locality which would probably well repay a more 

 extended visit. 



Jttnc 25. — The train for Barcelona started early in the 

 morning, so that no insects could be collected at Port 

 Bou on this day. Barcelona was reached a few hours 

 before the boat sailed, and a considerable number of 

 insects were taken in waste ground upon which wild 

 flowers were growing. 



Jtdy 13. — We landed at Barcelona in the morning, and 

 spent some hours collecting in waste ground. In the 

 early afternoon we took the train for Montserrat. A few 

 insects were caught at Monistrol (2200 ft.) while waiting 

 for the cars of the funicular railway. The terminus on 

 Montserrat was reached early in the evening in time for a 

 little collecting. At the height of the terminus and Hos- 

 pederia (about 3000 ft.) the vegetation was fresh and 

 green, and the collecting most interesting, varied, and 

 tolerably rich. The bramble blossoms were at their best 

 and very attractive. 



Jibly 14. — The whole day was spent at about the height 

 of the Hospederia and not far from it. The level moun- 

 tain path which begins opposite the Hospederia was 



