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STOP 276 - THAILAND:
10 MI. S.E. LEE, 600 METERS,
VII-13-62
50 specimens.

Mostly nocturnal material
from a hilly zone on the
road to Chieng Mai, 20 miles
from the junction with the
main N-S road. Light, open
forest of mixed deciduous and
evergreen trees, some with very
broad leaves. All vegetation
in full growth of the monsoon
season.

Camp located in the spaceous
clearing of a P.W.D. work camps
and bungalow, surrounded by
forest. Weather - cloudy,
sporadically rainy - 75° F.

Also included in this stop
are several large black
Cerambycids collected along the
road between 10 and 15 miles
S.E. of Lee and from 500 to
600 meters altitude in the
forest hills. These large -
mandibled beetles were flying
low through the forest and
across the road during a

heavy rain shortly before
dusk. One additional specimen
was brough in by a native
early in the morning.

STOP 277 - THAILAND:
20 MI. N.W. LEE, 380 METERS,
VII-14-62

Short morning stop in gently
rolling, forested countryside.
Open, light mixed deciduous
and evergreen forest, with probable
emphasis on the broad-leaved deciduous
species. Trees 20 to 40 ft high,
in full rainy-season leaf.
The understory of young trees,
small bamboo, grass, and
leafy herbs was productive
for insects in spite of
cloudy weather and periodic
light showers. The forest
was thoroughly soaked.
Cut logs along the roadside
had some beetles beneath
their bark.

Fire had burned through
most of the ground cover
during the dry season.
Small fires are built by