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hills near. 4,000 specimens.

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STOP 27 - ASSAM: MELENG
FOREST RESERVE [crossed through], MARIANI
X-10-61
Camped one night along a cleared track in a 35-year-old hardwood plantation. Many large trees and much tangled under-growth. Weather cool early in the evening; rainy after a few hours of darkness. 200 specimens
110 meters.
(tiger camp)

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STOP 28 - ASSAM: ABHOYPUR
FOREST, NAPHUK
X-12-61
A two-day stop along a rough jeep track in fairly virgin jungle. Countryside very hilly, jungle nearly inpenetrable. Diurnal collecting along rugged road itself; nocturnal collecting with exposure up and

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down the road. Forest primarily Dipterocarpus. Weather hot, still, and humid during the day. Torrential rain the first night, slight drizzle the second.
3,000 specimens
Sweeping in grassy spots.

EL. 360 METERS

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STOP 29 - ASSAM: 8 MI. E. LEDO
X-13-61
A night and day stop in the forestry colony compound of Tirap, 8 miles above Ledo on the Stillwell Road. Camped in flat coutryside, 135 meters in elevation; hills rose steeply some distance away. Lawn and planted shrubs near camp. Most diurnal collecting at flowering hybiscus and other blossoming shrubs - some along a trail into the forest.
700 specimens.
CAUTION [underlined in black and red] - labels in layers say NW [underlined] LEDO - It should be East of LEDO, as indicated above.

Hot days, cool nights. [written vertical at left side, bottom of page from bottom to top]