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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, '07 



Aug. 26, 2.7. Aguascalientes City. (Hotel Washington, 

 good). Ponds at the public baths near the railroad and also 

 a little farther westward, but on the eastern edge of the town, 

 yielded most of our Odonata (7 spp.) 



Aug. 28. Queretaro. 



Aug. 2C).-Sept. 1. On or near Lake Chapala, chiefly at Ocot- 

 lan (Hotel Central, small, unpretending, Spanish, good), also 

 at Chapala (Hotel Arzapalo, excellent). The stage-route from 

 Atequiza to Chapala was out of service, the road being im- 

 passable from mud. A steamboat runs every other day, except 

 Sunday, from Ocotlan to Chapala, returning the next day, but 

 the schedule is unreliable. The lake is largely encroached upon 

 by the water-hyacinth (Eichhomia) . Twelve species of O- 

 donata at these two localities ; Aeshna luteipennis and Miathyria 

 marcella abundant, the former especially so in the streets of 

 the town of Chapala on Aug. 30, between 5 P. M. and sunset, 

 chasing gnats. 



Sept. 1-4. In Guadalajara (Hotel Garcia, good) and im- 

 mediate vicinity. No attention paid to insects as the locality has 

 been worked over by Messrs. Schumann, McClendon and 

 Tower. 



Sept. 4. En route Guadalajara to Mexico City. A delay of 

 four hours at Yurecuaro enabled us to gather a few insects (9 

 spp. Odonata) along the ditches near the station before heavy 

 rain fell. 



Sept. 5-7. Mexico City and vicinity. No collecting attempt- 

 ed as others have done much here. 



Sept. 8. To Orizaba (Hotel France, excellent, French). 

 No collecting clone. 



Sept. 9. Back to Irolo and thence to 



Sept. 10-13. Jalapa (Gran Hotel, excellent, Spanish). 



Grand views of snow-capped Orizaba and of nearer Cofre de 

 Perote in the early mornings. Hetaerina tolteca, previously 

 known from a unique type, found associated with H. cruentata 

 along forest stream. First acquaintance with living Heliconids, 

 Callicore, Morpho, etc., the number and variety of beautiful 

 Lepidoptera at times fairly bewildering. Chrysina macropus, 

 that fine green Scarabaeid with violet legs, found under electric 



