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47. I.Mleral stripes ilistiiict and in vwn coiitiiiiK^us lines; spots and crossbars 



absent; size always small ■iS 



Lateral stripes more or less broken; at least a few spot?, or cross- 

 bars present : body olleii tessellated : adults large. 



C. ceralbensis (Van Denbiirgli and Slevin), p. 21G. 

 (Ceralbo Island, (inlt of ('alifoi'nia. ^lexieo. ) 



48. Only one dorsal stripe present, Ibis often forked 49. 



Two or three dorsal stripes pre>*nt. 



C. hyperythrus hyperythrus (Cope), p. 22G. 

 (Southern California and Lower California.) 



4!>. Doi-sal stripe of same intensity and width as lateral stripes 50. 



Dorsal stripe not of same intensity and width as lateral strip, 'S, but fainter 



and usually narrower C. hyperythrus hyperythrus (Cope), p. 226. 



(Southern California and Lower California.) 



50. Ground color of sides (between the two distinct lateral ^.tripi'S) reddish 



gray; dorsal ground color gray or black, abruptly contrasted with lateral 

 ground color C. hyperythrus danheimae Burt. p. 244. 



(San Jose Island. Gulf of California, Mexico.) 

 Ground color of sides nt)t usually reddish gray, but often reddish or brown ; 

 dorsal ground color of same general shade as that of the sides and not in 

 sharp contrast to it C. hyperythrus caeruleus, p. 240. 



(Carmen Island, Gulf of California, Mexico.) 



51. Femoral pores 14 or more; preanal spurs often present 52. 



Femoral pores les-s than 14; preanal spurs absent— C. ocellifer (Spix), p. 43. 



(Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia.) 



52. Dorsal I'egion without continuous lines 53. 



Dorsal region with continuous lines 55. 



53. Sides unspotted or with small white spots or flecks 54. 



Sides with large rounded spots: adults large. 



C. murinus arubensls (Van Lidtli de Jeude i , p. 51. 

 (Aruba, Dutch Leeward Islands.) 



54. Ground color of middorsal region essentially bluish, at least laterally: sides, 



darker above, with a dorso-lateral baud of brown or black which is 

 abruptly contrasted with the ground rolor of the middorsal field. 



C. lemnlscatus lemniscatus (I>innaeus), p. 30. 



(Lower levels from Guatemala south to Colombia and northern Brazil. 



often insular.) 



Ground color of middorsal region black, slate, gray, or grayish brown; sides 



usually dark, but essentially of the same color and of a shade not abruptly 



contrasted with that of the back__C. lemniscatus nigricolor (Peters), p. 40. 



(Islands north of Venezuela from the Aves east to Blanquilla. also, 

 southward on ^Margarita Island.) 



55. Sides not completely striped, often with large blue spots 5G. 



Sides completely striped, spots confined to interspaces or absent. 



C. lemniscatus lemniscatus (Linnaeus), p. 30. 

 (Lower levels from Guatemala south to Colondda and northern Brazil, 

 often insular.) 

 5G. Femoral pores usually less than 27: spots on s.ides smaller. 



C. lemniscatus lemniscatus (Liiuiaeus), p. 30. 

 (Lower levels from Guatemala south to Colondjia and northern Brazil, 

 often insular.) 

 Femoral pores usually 27 or more: s]iols on sides larger. 



C. murinus arubensls (Van Lidtli de Jeude), p. 51. 

 (Aruba, Dutch Leeward Islands.) 



