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EUMECES TETRAGRAMMUS (Baird) 



Plestiodon tetragrammus Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858, p. 256. 

 Eumeces tetragrammus, Cope, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 1, 1875, p. 45 — Tayloe, 



Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 23, pt. 1, 1935 (1936), pp. 298-304, fig. 46; 



ihid., vol. 29, 1943, p. 274. 

 [Eumeces tetragrammus] var. funebrosus Cope, Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898. 



(1900), p. 661 (type locality, Matamoros, Tamaulipas; U. S. N. M. No. 3120, 



two cotypes). 



Type.— JJ. S. N. M. No. 3124; Darius Nash Couch collector. 



Type locality. — "Lower Rio Grande." (Later indicated by Baird, 

 as "Matamoras, Mex." A second specimen was at hand collected by 

 Dr. Kennerly at "Salado River," U. S. N. M. No. 3139.) 



Range. — Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, and Veracruz, in lowlands; 

 in the United States: southern Texas. Reported from Tamaulipas: 

 Sji miles west of El Forl6n, San Jose, Matamoros; San Luis Potosi: 

 Antiguo Morelos, Ebano; Veracruz: south of Tampico. 



EUMECES OBSOLETUS (Baird and Girard) 



Plestiodon obsoletum Baird and Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 



6, 1852, p. 129. 

 Eumeces obsoletus, Cope, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 1, 1875, p. 45. — Taylor, Univ. 



Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 23, pt. 1, 1935 (1936), pp. 305-320, figs. 47, 48, pi. 24, 

 Lamprosaurus guttulatus Hallowell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1852, 



pp. 206-207 (type locality, "Jornada del Muerte," New Mexico; Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Philadelphia). 



Type.—V. S. N. M., No. 3133; John H. Clark collector. 



Type locality. — "Valley of the Rio San Pedro of the Rio Grande del 

 Norte," now Devils River, Tex. 



Range. — Tamaulipas, Nuevo Le6n, Coahuila, and Chihuahua. In 

 United States: Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, north to Utah, 

 Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas. Reported from Tamaulipas: 

 Matamoros; Nuevo Leon: Santa Catarina; Chihuahua: Chilmahua 

 (city); Coahuila: Cuatro Cienegas. 



EUMECES MULTIVIRGATUS (Hallowell) 



Plestiodon multivirgatum Hallowell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1857, 



p. 215. 

 Eumeces multivirgatus, Cope, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 1, 1875, p. 45. — Taylor, Univ. 



Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 23, 1935 (1936), pp. 341-353, figs. 54-56, pis. 27, 28. 



Type. — Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia No. 9371; Dr. Hammond 

 collector. 



Type locality. — "Posa Creek, 460 miles west of Fort Riley, Kan- 

 sas" (=Cow Creek,^^* Larimer County, Colo.). 



Range. — The central high plains and proplateau areas south from 

 southwestern Nebraska to extreme western Texas, northern Arizona, 



««• The original tag attached to the specimen definitely states Cow Creek. The "Posa" is a bad interpreta- 

 tion of poor chirography. 



