Hanken, James 1976 Journal Hotel Primavera, Oaxaca Est. Oaxaca, Mexico 12 February S. elongatus, one Thamnaophis, and one Barinia; all under rocks. #5 - 12.4 km from La Cumbre We wanted to work another locality between the above latter two, and chose this slope of second growth pine with some tall trees remaining and abundant fallen logs. In ~1/2 hours 26 Thorius and 25 P. sanilii were found, mostly under dead or fallen logs and stumps. I found two Barinia, one under a log, and one under debris on a stump. These Thorius are apparently the same as those at the previous locality, although some seem different from those of the other localities closer to La Cumbre (see Thorius notes). We then returned to Oaxaca. 13 February Today we drove to the Thorius locality of Wale, by Lygod. & Pagenstecher 19 km S of Sala de Vega along Mex Hwy 131. Yesterday we had to drive through the extremely dry Oaxaca valley before ascending the high pine- covered ridge S of Sala de Vega. This pine forest was not as dense as those around exposed to the N, and also have many