Paul DeBenedicti 1960 Dec 20 San Blas and vic. Rayanit, Mexico utensils and made a dinner of spaghetti Fruit- cocahail. Gene, Rich, & Elvey went off to steal a coconut, and Gene got some Geckos and some Hyla smithi. Ted, John, & Dr Cohen went hunting but didn't catch any. Am I ever tired this P.M. Dec 21 This A.M. about 8 Gene came in and woke me up - for the second time. The first time was when Rich came in about 2 P.M., absolute- ly plastered, and tried to make friends with me. Gene, Gary, Brian, Rich, and I went along the Highway from San Blas to Playa Matanchen, and thence south? along the beach to a banana plantation to look for snakes. Then we got to the plantation I immediately got a Papilio (coesphoneus). In the forest I go- many aebras, julias, heliconus, and a few assorted nymphalists and swallowtails, and 3 beautiful hairstreaks. The swallowtails were abundant and flew in clearings in the forest. The hair-streak flew in the grass along the trails. The heliconus were just everywhere, and were, with the Fatimas (athriscipes), perhaps the most common butterflies. I saw a Ruddy banded daggerwing and a green malachille and a ? calico, but missed these. I also missed 2 or 3 other hairstreaks. This area is all banana plantation located in the dense tropical broad leaf forest. The butter-flies flew