Paris '42 Apaneca, 4800', Dep't of Ahuachapan, El Salvador. April 19, 1942. Terved from the grassland and went through the woods. I was amazed to find groves of cypress almost completely ravaged by chapulines. Evi- dently these insects can eat anything green. It was while walking about the lake that I found and captured two shrews under a log, as described in species account of this date. April 20, 1942 I left Apaneca in the a. m. and arrived at Ahua- chapam about lunch-time. After lunch I walked out to the Laguna de Ahuachapan, 2 mi. N.W. of the town. The land outside the town has been given over to gra- zine, and is flat, and treeless, and very arid. The few trees and shrubs scattered at wide intervals over the plain stand out very prominently. Near the edge of the lake there are more trees, and heavy growth of Acacia & Mimosa. There were nume- rous people along the shore, bathing, washing clothes, or leading cattle down to drink. This is a good sized lake and must be at least a mile long. I saw no new reptiles on this walk, but while proceeding through the thorn scrub near the lake took 7 Basilisks, which were abun- dant: Shot one very large individual from about ten feet up in a small tree. Also took a Green Acelophora, which I was surprised to