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Paul DeBenedetti
1960
Dec 18 Havmisillo, Sonora to Culican, Sinaloo about 10. We went on, driving all night.
I was in the back most of the time.
At Eucidad Obeogan I finally got some butterflies - A queen, a lyside, some Euremas and saw a Phoebis augate and a ?helicon.
Missed a lot#, also many dragon flys. This was about noon. I ran through a horse puddle and got soaked - after a lousy lyside. From here, we got down town & each bought 50 vitaform pills of $1.10 (17.50 pesos).
Then to Navajoa, where we ate lunch, about 1 P.M.. I got 4 or 5 smuts #ere 10 mi past Navajoa, where we ate, and then got in back. We went on until About 12-1 AM,
and camped about 10 miles south ot Culican, Sinaloa.
Dec 19 Culican, Sinaloa to Espuol, Sinaloa
Got up this morning to hot humid weather & lots of butterflies. We are camped at the roadside by a lawn field in cleared thorn forest. We broke camp while Gene & I collected. I missed breakfast again! I got gobs of Euremas and lots of Microtia chava, and a few Mexican firts, Phoebis seuna a patch, and Gene got a Phoebis argaule. We went on from here for a while until the handle to Tay's