griffin: ophidia from south America in carnegie museum 227 



In addition to the specimens cataloged above there are contained in the Car- 

 negie Museum three specimens which were received in the LeBouteUer Collection, 

 which are very probably wrongly attributed to the localities given on the original 

 labels. One is a specimen of Matrix fasciata fasciata (Linnajus), C. M. No. 262, 

 labeled as having been obtained in the " sierras of Bolivia." This species has been 

 foimd as far south as Costa Rica, but has never been reported hitherto from any 

 point south of that country, and in view of the careless labeling of the LeBouteUer 

 Collection I hesitate to record the species as having been actually obtained at the 

 locality indicated. 



There are also two specimens of Agkistrodon piscivorus (Lacepede), C. M. Nos. 

 251 and 260, the first labeled "Peru," the second labeled "Brazil." The occur- 

 rence of this ophidian in the localities cited is more than doubtful. 



