Hauken, James 1976 Journal Hotol Primavera, Oapaca, Est. Oapoca, Mexic 13 February deciduous trees colors bright autumn-like colors were conspicuous. We took worked away at the road and where Ted P. has gotten found Thrinis abundant, but found nothing. The forest itself was drier than any yet encountered, apparently the rain shadow effect increases as one goes continues. We left the locality with only one Eunoece (found under an exposed rock) and no Thrinis. Returning to Solade Vega we stopped at a large rock outcrop to coll. Noterena Lijod was seen here in about ~1/2 hour, and we continued on to Sol de Vega where we ate lunch along the river there. The river was found to contain tadpoles and we collected several (frozen and preserved) for Rica Sage. en route to SF from LA California, U.S.A. 14-18 February Brad Shaffer & I are now winging our way home to Berkeley after departing Mexico City this AM. The previous five days were spent working our way N from Oapaca City, hitting scattered Thrinis localities in Northern Oaxaca, southern Puebla, and central Vera Cruz, all in the Sierra Madre Oriental. Our schedule