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Paul DeBenedicti's
1960
Dec 19 Espinol, Sinaloa, to Mazatlan, Sinaloa. He yet dropped out of the truck. We stopped and I saw an odd butterfly. We went back got the handle, and collected for a long while, getting lots of new stuff - much of it beautiful. Took off and stopped once to shoot a moggie. I saw a polyclamus swallowtail. We stopped once more and I saw a Phycides, collecting is so good I am going to stick to butterflies. I have seen 3 yellowish malachites and possibly a zebra so far. Gary saw a huge black butterfly in the thorn forest, and I thought I saw a morpho - although it may have been a calio. I have been very poor on my notes. - Campsite is 37 miles north of Espinol, second butterfly site is about 2/3 of the way between there and Espinol. About 3 miles south of Espinol we stopped, and Gary got an Anolis. I got 5 fatimas, one aremouge, and a (great 20t) Biblis argante.
This is in the tropical thorn forest, and all of the animals we take on the edge of the forest. This is really a nice bunch. We stopped for a Tetenosaura, about 22 mi S. of Espinol and I finally got a hair streak. At Mazatlan I got a series of blues and Loremas, we camped at a spot a few miles out of San Blas. We had a fish dinner at Mazatlan, and night drove to