Paul DeBenedicti 1961 Jan 4 memories and recollections Mexican trip (Dec 18 went down to it to see what there was. Immediately I scared up a lysiside, which I missed: Rick got a Pfennophyla here and Brian or Larry Bunn saw a thamnophis. There were lots of dragon-flies, most that looked like Tanehum, but there were also some larger ones. We stopped just south of Navajou at a rocky hill where Teddy said he got Cnemidophorus in the summer. We saw no reptiles at all. The sunset butterflies came blown in over the highway in to the scrub. While not hard to catch, they were tricky. I had the best luck standing on the highway and getting them as they went by. The only other butterfly I saw at all was a Phoebis sennae. We went on until we reached a flat area on the side of the road. We camped, ate, and went to bed. Everyone but one person put up fancy sleeping gear. It wasn't necessary. This was the last time Elroy (and I) put up the tent. (Dec 19 Gene woke me up in the morning. Lots of butterflies is about right. You would walk about 15-20 feet and one or two Eremenes and chara cheekers spots would take off from the low bushes and grass. The chavas fly very weakly, but close to the ground where they are hard to get without snagging the nets. The Eremenas (and Phoebis) fly strongly but land in the vegetation quite often. They