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the same, only in different stages of development. The Pin- 

 olias are very small and can hardly be seen, while the Garopatas 

 are full size and full of business. 



When I first reached Altamira, June 20th, there were very 

 few species of Lepidoptera to be had, for the rainy season had 

 just begun. The species mostly taken were : Danais berenice 

 and strigosa, Heliconius telchinia and charitonia, Eiinides zor- 

 caon, Coloenis Julia and delila, Agraulis juno d^n.^ vanillce^ An- 

 artia fatima and jatropJus, Myscelia ethusa, Ageronia feren- 

 tina 2ind feronia , Cystineura amymone, Eurema perirnede , albula, 

 jucunda, delta and 7iicippe, Pie? is mo7iuste, protodice, amyrillis 

 and viardii, Catopsilia philea, agarithe, argante, eubule and 

 senncB, Nathalis iole, Papilio niontezuma and cresphontes, Krico- 

 gonia lyside and terissa. 



I took also a number of moths that I have as yet been unable 

 to identify, but I noted all during the trip that Moths, Sphing- 

 idse, Diptera, and Coleoptera were very scarce. Of Catocala I 

 took none. Odonata were fairly plentiful here, and I took a 

 good number of species. Hymenoptera were fairly represented, 

 and there was a fair number of Coleoptera, but they were 

 mostly of small species. Orthoptera were not well represented, 

 and of Plecoptera I took none at all, although I made special 

 effort to do so. 



Scorpions, called by the Mexicans Carraballos, and the 

 Whip- tails, called Vinagrios and greatly dreaded, were very 

 plentiful. 



I was taken with the yellow fever the first of July, and was 

 confined to the house for several weeks, and during this time 

 we had very heavy rains, and as a result there was a great 

 increase in the number of species by the time I was able to be 

 outdoors again. 



On July 15th I saw the first Vidori^ia stenelCy and in a day 

 or so Gonopteryx clorinde and mcerula, besides several species 

 of Papilio. 



I made one trip to the woods north of Altamira, after my 

 sickness, and took numbers of K. lyside and terissa, and Gon. 

 doriride and vicenila. Kricogonia have a habit of sitting on 

 the under side of leaves, and unless disturbed will escape the 



