Mayhew 1958 Journal 66. Mar. 31 Mojave and Amargosa Deserts, Calif. & Nev. supposed to be only 5%, so it wasn't too surprising to find insects there. a water sample and some pupa cases were also collected in the Armagosa River. At Furnace Creek, we took highway 190 to Death Valley junction, then highway (Calif.) 127 - (Nev.) 29 to Lathrop Wells, Nevada, followed by U.S. Highway 95 to Beatty, Nevada. We side-tracked through Rhyolite (a ghost town), then continued on Nevada highway 58 to the turn-off to Titus Canyon. We proceeded 9.7 miles up the road to Titus Canyon where we camped for the night at 5:30 P.M. (Speedometer reading - 3464.0) I failed to mention a side-trip, we took through Artists Drive before we reached Furnace Creek. One climbs a couple of thousand feet (it appears) above the floor of Death Valley, so one gets a fine view of the valley in both directions. Very few vertebrates were seen all day. Some raven and rock wrens was seen at our campsite, but little else was seen. Not many flowers were found in the southern end of Death Valley, although many of the perennials looked as though a fair amount of rain had fallen this winter. Most of the Amargosa