out in totally bare desert. There is dwarf Tillandsia in a few places between the regulated gulley and the study slope, and a few dwarf Tillandias reach the lower edge of the Lathfolia, but not far into it. Contrasted with 80½ km, this tillandia site has smaller plants (<14"), not infrequently bare rhizomes, not as healthy looking (more dead plants, not as many big/medium spiders as last year at 80½ more mottle here, more flies here, there frequently get buried by shifting sand x. July 21 Tent at 7:30 (4), garva during night, cloudy this morning. Nothing in 3 traps. Found baby jft small outside of ten simbits to burrowing and den in dry wash. a well abt 1 km down gulley is very deep (6 secnds for drifted stone) with water at bottom. Saw tracks of larger foot. at [illegible] 8 am drove to 80½ km and collected again on the original study area. The Tillandias on the 80½ km plot were up to 20" high, much larger leaves. Many of them show signs of parasitization by the green jule in the old case. Saw 2 more big bark weevil-beetles feeding on red flower shoots, spun numbers of silverfish, definite shortage of big spiders + scorpions air temp. 10:30 am 17½°, soil 3" 17½°, 5" 16½°, 7" 16½. # another gecko caught on study area under a piece of