Paul DeBenedictis 1961 Jan 15 Memories and recollections - Mexican trip. (Dec 23) We stopped on highway 15 where we saw some lizards along the stone fences. They are Sceloporus digesi. The stone fences here are reinforced with barbed wire as they fall over with almost no protection. I saw mostly Nathalis here, but also some odd crescents (?vestes). The underside is much more like a M. chava than a Phycoides, but the dorsum is much darker than chava. Past Coedla We saw on the south side of the highway a lovely complex of lakes, and stopped along one of these to look for Matrix. We got many Electhuductylus instead. Walking along a stone fence, looking for anything, I got a pretty Phycoides Exana types, that looks a lot like a Melita on top. A little way farther down we stopped and I got some salomes and a hairstreak in some flowers. Gary saw a small racer and found the skin of a huge snake (17 scale & rows, smooth, single anal), either a Masticophis or a Drymarchon). In the mountains beyond the lake valley I saw several large satyrs fly across the highway. We stopped as asked some Mexicans about snakes and I got close to one (and an odd orange Exrema) but missed both. Finally at the spot where we ate lunch I got a satyr. I saw a funny pale yellow Exrema here and more of the odd crescents.