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the hot rocks, a lizard about a foot in length, of great beauty, 
being a brilliant metallic green. Three or four were seen but we 
had no way of capturing them. 
There was a cold spring about half way to the mesa and we 
stopped there for lunch and the menu was the usual one on such 
occasions, — coffee and sandwiches. The spring-water for dessert 
in the desert was a real treat. From here the way was through the 
cedar and pinyon until we reached the Wilson Mesa, covered 
Deep Canyons that were not seen until reached. 
partly by chapparals and scrub-oak, except where cleared for the 
cultivation of alfalfa. 
We arrived at the Sullivan Ranch at 7 130 P. M., had a wholesome 
dinner and retired for the night. This place is at an elevation of 
about 6200 ft., and here the days are warm and full of sunshine 
and the nights quite cool. Twelve days were spent in the mountains 
collecting. Mr. Leussler confined his attention to the Lepidoptera, 
while the other member of the party took in all the orders of insects. 
The sombre butterfly, Satyrus pauliis, was abundant in the scrub- 
oak and not infrequently alighted on the bark. It is a wary creat- 
