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TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES, chap. x. 



The Beetles that were obtained in the neighbourhood of the 

 Hacienda were mostly new to us at the time/ Diptera were 

 represented by about half a dozen species, and several hymenop- 

 terous insects (including IchneiimonidcB) attained their greatest 

 altitude here. For the reception of a slender Bug that we cap- 

 tured, Mr. Distant has erected the genus Neomiris. Of Butterflies 



we saw only four species, three of 

 which {Lymanopoda tener, Hew., 

 Lyccena kod, Druce, and Pieris xan- 

 thodice, Lucas) are amongst the 

 most common and most widely 

 distributed in Ecuador ; but the 

 fourth, a small Colias taken in the 

 immediate vicinity of our camp, 

 had not been seen since we left 

 Chimborazo.^ As we sat in the 

 quaint little gallery of the Haci- 

 enda after our return from Anti- 

 sana, our poor, old, battered lantern 

 again proved our best nocturnal 

 collector, and attracted a numerous company of Moths, from which 

 I secured seven species in about as many minutes.^ 



On the next day we turned our attention to Condors. In 



Pers. Drabas and Wernerias were abundant and came in usefully. It was, 

 however, always difficult to obtain fuel, and a large part of the time of my assistants 

 was usually occupied in collecting the quantity necessary for cooking. At the 

 higher camps, we could never afford to have fires for the sake of warmth. 



^ Seven species were new to science, and are described in the Supplementary 

 Appendix, namely, Pterostichus {Agraphoderus) Antisance, Bates (p. 10) ; P. (Agraph.) 

 liodes, Bates (p. 11) ; Colpodes megacephalun, Bates (p. 13) ; C. aUicola, Bates (p. 21) ; 

 BemMdium fulvocinctum, Bates (p. 22) ; Clavipalpus Antisance, Bates (p. 27) ; and 

 Hilipus longicolUs, Olliff (p. 75), Several of these were discovered by my assistants, 

 who worked zealously while I was incapacitated. 



^ Described as Colias alticola by Messrs. Godman & Salvin, Sup]}. App., p\ 107. 



3 Three belonging to the genera Cidaria, Bariza, and Scordylia, and four other 

 very distinct species which have not yet been identified. 



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