B.Shaffer 1976. Journal 15 Feb. Vicinity Santos Reyes Papalo, Est. Oaxaca, Mexico. We drove up Mex. Hwy 131 North out of Oaxaca city to San Juan Bautista Cuicatlán when we headed east on a dirt road - 23 km. to the town of Santos Reyes Papalo. We then went another 8 km. W.E. to our 1st collecting site at the main hwy. you are at ~ 750 m - cactus desert w/ no trees - by ~ 1600 m. the cactus fall out ! you start hitting oak- this then gradually grades in to pine higher up. At the 8 km. W.E Papilo locality, we were at 2670 m. & it was oak + pine w/ a few madroa + again. This was a very pleasant slope w/ many good pine logs + stumps, and many rodes. Only Thorius were found by Jim & I - they were particularly abundant beneath wet bark of logs. As per usual, a good way to get them is beneath bark on the ground-side of fallen logs. - also inside of semi-rotten log can be good. Rolling rocks produced nothing- it was always too dry. We worked this slope for a couple of hours, then moved on further along the ridge. By the time we hit our last locality, we were essentially at the top of the crest- perhaps not quite to it. We next went over the top & hit a locality on