Hawken, James 1976 Journal Casa de Miguel Leon, Cuatlalpan, Est. Veracruz, Mexico 2 Feb in Bromeliads, including three found in one bromeliad. We left this locality and returned to Coatzalpan. Hotel Mayorga, Fortin, Est. Veracruz, Mexico 3 February Early because of our getting a late start yesterday morning due to repair of a bad broken muffler, and the bad condition of the road to Xonotla, Carlos decided to head Brad and el to a different area W of Xonotla at an approximately equal altitude. We took Mex Hwy 150 W of Orizaba and then took a dirt road off to the right 15.0 km (by rd) of the junction W of the highway to Maltrata. This road apparently forms the main axis of a series of dirt roads which cross-cross the dry, mostly cleared slopes SW of Pic de Orizaba and wander in a NE direction passing through a series of towns. The road is quite passable in a stock vehicle, apparently having been made by heavy machinery. We visited two localities; the first a patch of uncleared pine-oak forest locale surrounded by cleared fields, el is off the main 4x4 road, but is located only 1.5 km (by rd) from the town of Tepmola. This forest was quite dry on the surface, but we soon found Thomis abundant under bark or fallen