yses; Dr. Lloyd Knutson, Chairman of the Insect Identification 
and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute, United States 
Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, for his cooper- 
ation in the identification of insect specimens; and to Dr. Arthur 
P. Sorensen, Jr. for reading a draft of the manuscript. 
In particular, the senior author would like to express her 
gratitude to Dr. Gonzalo Correal U., Secci6n de Antropologia, 
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, for his support and supervi- 
sion during the field project, and to her husband, Paul N. Pat- 
more, who provided immeasurable help in the field study. 
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