rito, Joan 2010 Journal March 15 Peña Verde area, Mpio. Santa María Papalo, Sierra de Juárez, Oaxaca Mexico Yesterday, I left OF with Gabriela, Otto Cavazos, Cynthia, and Pablo Fensier. We planned to go to Comaltepec but were short on time and decided to go to the Papalotes first. Went to Santa Maria Papalos, handed in some reports and spent the night. Woke up and drove to the forest at the junction of the road to San Alejo, 3.7 Km N (by rd) of Pena Verde. We worked from 10:00-14:30 (30 min lunch break), mostly opening bromeliads but also looking under logs. At Chirigasterita "plurialis" and a small green hybrid all in bromeliads. It was damp under most logs but the forest was dry in general - good condition for bromeliad searching. We then drove on to Florentino Nieves and searched for more Penis chiapensis habitat - saw some on a new road coming up from San Alejo but didn't have time to drive back. We're allowed permission to work in the pine forest patch where I found the Eriinus tail in 2008. Toke road to San Francisco Chapeparo but there was almost no forest anywhere along the road all the way back to Pena Blanca. Had planned to spend night at Ctr. San Felipe, but got back late and stayed in Cuicatlan. Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Mexico March 17 Yesterday, we drove to Oaxaca in the morning to find that all roads in and out of the city (including the road to Juxtlahuaca) were blocked by striking teachers. Without many other options, we drove to Zozohula and took the road to Santa Cruz del Monte, and then to Cuatro Venados. We arrived at some good pine-oak forest and searched for about 15 min, but it was completely