nice. Arrived Arequipa 6pm. I am impressed at the almost total lack of vegetation between Canara and Arequipa. Bare - bare even up to 7,000ft., and the new road passes almost no caeti (unlike my photos from a previous trip). Saw no place where I would have expected guavacoa, as collected in 1948 (or was it 1953?). Checked into Pension Centenario. July 12 all day in Arequipa July 13 (sund) Left Arequipa about 10am and wound up the hill to the east. Stopped in the bushy zone at 10,600ft., about 12 miles east. There Baccharis, mugygrifinae and at least 8 other kinds of bushes, a few up to 10 feet tall, but mostly lower height. In the bottom of a washover cañon they are especially thick & tall. Here catacua gigas is very abundant. Can see 5 or 20 at a time, with lots of chasing, feeding, calling etc. Two frequently "squabble" and chase each other 100 - 200 feet into the air. They are feeding on a bush with large orange flowers, compound leaves with tendrils at the end of the leaves. Not a dryone, the rusty red Seriphidium is here also. Lots of flies. Flies, have seen a dozen or more including a flock of Perishete perching on a stone wall beside the road. Put out 30 Sherman (Oats) and 16 MS about 5pm through the bushy marshland along brushing retaining walls. Evening clear & calm.