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The following collection was lent by Dr. William Beebe: 



20 specimens, 17 to 27 mm., from Caripito, 1942. 



Genus LEBISTES Filippi 



Lebistes Filippi, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol., vol. 1, p. 69, 1861. (Genotype, Poecilia 

 reticulata Peters.) 



LEBISTES RETICULATUS (Peters) 



Poecilia reticulata Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1859, p. 412 1860 

 (Caracas in Rfo Guaire). — Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 19, No. 1, 

 p. 62, 1895 (Venezuela). 



Cfirardinus reticulatus Gunther, Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum, 

 vol. 6, p. 353, 1866 (Caracas, Venezuela). — Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 14, p. 65, 1891 (Caracas). 



Girardinus guppyi GtJNTHER, Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum, vol. 6, 

 p. 353, 1866 (Venezuela). — Eigenmann and Eigenmann, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 14, p. 65, 1891 (Venezuela). 



Lebistes reticulatus Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1913, p. 1008, fig. 173 D, 

 (Venezuela). — Eigenmann, Indiana Univ. Studies, vol. 7, No. 44, p. 13, 

 1920 (Maracay; Rfo Castano; Isla del Buro; Rfo Bue; all Lake Valencia 

 basin). — Pearse, Univ. Wisconsin Studies, No. 1, p. 22, 1920 (Lake Valencia 

 at Maracay and Isla del Buro). — de Beaufort, Studies on the fauna of 

 Curasao, Aruba, Bonaire, and the Venezuelan Islands, vol. 2, p. Ill, 1940 

 (Margarita Island). 



U.S.N.M. No. 121689, 290 specimens, Rfo Valle, south of Caracas, Venezuela, 

 L. P. Schultz, G. Zuloaga, William Phelps, Jr., and R. Sherman, May 12, 1942. 

 Two specimens, 15.5 and 18.5 mm., William Beebe, Caripito, 1942. 



Genus MOLLIENISIA LeSueur 



Mollienisia LeSueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 2, p. 3, 1821. 



(Genotype, Mollienisia latipinna LeSueur.) 

 Allopoecilia Hubbs, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 13, pp. 11, 13, 



pi. 4, fig. 6 (gonopodium), 1924. (Genotype, Girardinus caucanus Stein- 



dachner.) 



MOIUENISIA CAUCANA (Steindachner) 



Giradinus caucanus Steindachner, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 42, p. 



87, pi. 6, figs. 4, 5, 1880 (Rio Cauca). 

 Allopoecilia caucana Myers, Copeia, 1932, No. 3, p. 138 (? Maracaibo Basin). 

 Mollienisia caucana Gabaldon (in part), Journ. Parasit., vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 



311-312, 1935 (Pampan, Trujillo, Venezuela). 



U.S.N.M. No. 121677, 33 specimens, 19 to 33 mm., from Rfo Motatdn, 4 km. 

 above Motat^n, March 25, 1942, 



U.S.N.M. No. 121681, 34 specimens, 11 to 26 mm., Rfo Motatdn, 8 km. below 

 Motatdn, March 24, 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121679, 33 specimens, 14 to 28 mm., Rfo San Pedro at bridge, 

 Motatdn system, March 20, 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121686, 169 specimens, 8 to 32.5 mm., Rfo San Juan near bridge, 

 Motatdn system, March 17 and 20, 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121682, 11 specimens, 11.5 to 25.5 mm., Rfo Jimelles, 12 km. 

 east of Motatdn, Motatdn system, March 24, 1942. 



