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STOP 154 - ORISSA: 3 MI. S.E.
POTTANGI, 3345 FEET II-3-62
1000 specimens.

East of Koraputthe road begins
to descend the loose collection of
Eastern Ghats, hills rounded and
weathered with exposed exfoliating
surfaces of rocks here and there
showing through scrub jungle.
The upper hill regions especially
have in historic times been
seriously deforested by shifting
agricultural practices, though some
of the more rocky hills no
doubt never supported a
dense forest cover. These
specimens were collected on
a grassy knoll near the
road, a clump of trees shaded
many stones and had built
up a layer of leaf litter
among them. The [illegible], rather
compact soil was very dry.

STOP 155 - ORISSA: 13 MI. S.E.
POTTANGI, 550 METERS, II-4-62

About 250 specimens were collected
near the Orissa [smuggling?]
checkpost and rest house at
SUNKI, located in a narrow
valley on the monsoon face of
the Eastern Ghats. The forest
consisted of a large variety
of evergreen and some decidious
trees; very old wild mangos
and large ficus grew about
among thorny acacia-like
species. In places on the steep
slppes bamboo and thorn-bush
thickets were impenetrably dense.
Some flying and aquatic insects
were collected along a small
stream and adjacent plowed
fields in the floor of the
valley. All other specimens
were collected under stones on
the forested hill slopes. A few small
diptera and moths came to the
light - night still and chilly.
250 specimens. Slopes partially shady
exposure.