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from which we have seen fresh or live material — Amazon basin, 

 Trinidad, Moscopan in the Andes, the rainforest in the lowlands of 

 western Colombia, Suriname, and Bolivia — has a somewhat different 

 mien. One of the reasons we are not ready to commit ourselves to the 

 assignment of names to the different populations is because obviously 

 there are many large and important geographic areas from which we 

 have not seen well-preserved fresh material; and, just as obviously, 

 there is much type material that needs to be studied. We have seen 

 the types of only five of the named forms listed in the synonymy: 

 alleni, hubneri, inconspicua, cynocephala, and quinquefasciata. 



We therefore leave the problem of working out the various races 

 and sibling species (if any) of rubra to someone who has the time and 

 material to tackle the whole problem throughout the range of the 

 species. We hope that this will be soon. 



We do not think that Gans (1960, p. 301) was correct in using 

 Cope's name nasica as a race of this species. We have studied a cotype 

 of nasica (USNM 5835) from Paraguay and do not believe it is of the 

 species rubra. 



Specimens Examined 

 COLOMBIA 



Amazonas: Leticia, CJG 2329, 2330 (40), UF 8510 (3), 8511 (3), 8512 (2), 

 8513 (11), 8514 (11), 8515 (3), 8516, USNM 146255, 146258, 152000-9, 

 Puerto Narino, MLS 14, 21. 

 BoLfvAR: Gambote, CJG 2443; Sincelejo-Tolu, CJG 2458-9. 

 Boyaca: Muzo, MLS 197. 

 Caldas: Pueblorrico, CNHM 54774. 



Caqueta: Aserrfo, MLS 28, 28a-c; Florencia, USNM 152072-4; La Provi- 

 dencia, Rfo Orteguaza, USNM 152038-46; Morelia, ANSP 23343-5, 25472- 

 82, USNM 152075-80; Villa Marfa, Rfo Orteguaza, MLS 29, 29a,c,d. 

 Cauca: Near Altimira, Moscopan, CJG 2269-71, 2272 (10). 

 Choc6: Andagoya, BM 1915.10.21.71. 



C6rdoba: Rio Manso, CJG 2432 (113); Tierra Alta, CNHM 61753. 

 Cundinamarca: Aguadita, ANSP 24332-4; Beltran, FM 16-21; east of 



Bogota, ANSP 24398-400. 

 Htjila: Neiva, USNM 152184. 



Meta: Caiio Losada, Serrania de La Macarena, USNM 152191-2; Rfo 

 Guayabero, Serrania de La Macarena, USNM 152196-7; Villavicencio, 

 USNM 152247, MLS 73. 

 Narino: Imbili, CJG 2351-2; Rio Rumiyaco, CNHM 54777. 

 Norte de Santander: La Selva, MLS 212; Paramo de Tama, CNHM 5647; 



Rio Zulia, 20 km. west of Cucuta, USNM 152120. 

 Putumayo: Puerto Asfs, USNM 152282. 

 Santander: 4.7 km. southeast of Bucaramanga, JRT 394-7. 

 Tolima: Espinal, MLS 280; Mariquita, CNHM 81818-20, USNM 152123-7, 



152288-311; Mesa de Cucuana, region of Guamo, USNM 152312. 

 Valle: Rfo Rapaso, USNM 151452. 

 "Colombia": BM 1915.10.21.71. 

 BRAZIL: Para, ANSP 2159 and MCZ 1519 (types of Scytopis alleni) ; Jaracua, 

 Rio Vaupes, Amazonas, NM 476 (41-7893) (type of Hyla rubra hubneri). 



