Seib, R. 1984 Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico 28 Oct. Mexico City yet. Anyway, I preserved a few snakes. They prepared to drive West to Fuerza Esperanza which is 5 km N (nd) of Acacoyagua. It should be a good place to bat bats, and I once got a Bolitoglossa flaviventris there years ago lantern walking in December. It rained extremely heavily all afternoon, all the way from Huixtla to Esperanza. Almost missed the turnoff. After passing through Escuintla, you get to Acacoyagua, not much, and there's a dirt road off to the right and a sign that says Ovando, although Cerro Ovando was not visible. Only managed to place one 18 foot. We may have been near an Artibeus roost because we caught over a dozen, plus 2 Stomira liliaum and some Carolia. I caught 1 Anolis sp on a leaf by lantern. Took ~2 hr to get back to Tapachula, arriving about 1:00. 29 Oct. Woke up this Monday morning and called the Museum to see if they had any word on Kiki or the animals. The answer is the Kiki made it back with the salamanders, but not the ice chest with capillaries—that came right back to Tapachula! Kiki had been trying to phone me, but hadn't gotten through. Upon hearing this news I drove out to the airport where they