Paul DeBenedictis 1965 Jan 5 Memories and recollections - Mexican Trip. (Dec 20) a hairstreak. Earlier when we went out we saw a flock of solid blue imagpies and some black & yellow trogons (Cl. Ralphs) and a beautiful (trogon?-J. Ralph). We tried to slingshot the latter. After the hairstreak we crossed the highway and along some low trees in the grass we saw many bochegecs and I got my first metal-mark, a poor hephel[scribble] sp. We went back to John and found out where the corn field was. I missed an anymone on the way, but got a leafwing and a Papilio in the field. We left here and went almost straight to the San Blas Hotel where we stayed. On the San Blas road I saw dozens of swallow tails going back and forth and just couldn't wait to collect along it. The road goes through more different terrains in 23 miles than any other road I have ever been on. We stopped at the bridge on the east side of the island San Blas is on and arranged to go boating in the swamps in the afternoon. Then at the edge of the town of San Blas we stopped where Teddy was parked. He pointed out two high (80 feet, at least) broad leaf trees that were full of iguanas (Iguana and Ctenosaura) and a nearby stone wall had many Ctenosaurra in it. Collecting in the clearing near by I got a few Phycoides, fatimas, and 3 Meliteus. There were very many Cnemidophorus lineatissimus in the dead branches here, all quite shy. On the