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STOP 1 - E. PAKISTAN:
ICHAMATI, 28 MI. E.
CHITTAGONG 50 FT.
IX-14-61
3000 specimens.

This forest reserve area, one of the last in the country, is situated in rolling hills just at the edge of the flatland delta rice country. The forest is mostly secondary, or disturbed scrub with tall grasses, etc.

Many pools and marshy areas close by provide good Odonata collecting. Rice fields nearby. These low hills are the first sign of the Chittagong Hill Tract, once heavily forested, now covered with residual and secondary monsoon growth or agricultural fields. Weather - hot, humid, with occasional showers.
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STOP 2 - E. PAKISTAN:
20 MI. E. CHITTAGONG
IX-15-61 20 FT.
30 specimens.

This was a quick afternoon stop in flat paddy country with small isolated "islands" of disturbed flora - trees & shrubs & grasses - near smaller villages. This vegetation pattern seems to be the most common in the Pakistan delta lowlands today. Hot, humid, and still.
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STOP 3 - E. PAKISTAN:
HARBANG FOREST
6 MI. N. CHIRINGA
50 FT. IX-18-61
3000 specimens.

Harbang Forest is situated about 50 miles roughly south from Chittagong, en route to Cox's Baxaar. Most of the natural & man-made vegetation associations typcial of the E. Pakistan lowlands are represented in this region. There is a good forest rest house situated on a little hill overlooking a meandering stream. Camp was located in the yard of this building. The surrounding countryside