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Till", ItATItACIIIA OF NORTIf AMERICA. 2(15 



Ml iisiin nil iil>' III All. '.'(i'j;!. 



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l.<MI)rtll 1)1' linlll ilMll lltllly 1*111 



l,i'n<;lli i>r lifiiil III |)(islri'i(ii' ciljjfs of tyiii|iaiia tMiS 



Witllli <>r Im'.kI III poftli riiir cil^^csor lym|iiina dill 



l,iii;;lli "I" lorn liinli from iixijlii ()•.»(» 



I.cnulli of poMlcrior from uroin (i|() 



LcriHili of I i Ilia dl'J 



l,i'ii;;lli of tarsus (l(ii» 



I. r II l; III of riMliaillilri' of foot 01 t 



'riic ;iv('i'a},'«i size is less tliaii that ol'tlm It. pnnrtatits. 



Tilt' color of the, liii/o ihbilis is a lif^iit asli, Tlic small tuluM'cU's i'.n^ 

 jit'iu'iaiiy black, and arc witlioiil tlio red or yellow ct'iitcrs wen in tlir 

 /.*. ininrliitiis. The limbs have narrow black cross-bands, or rather 

 wide incomiilefc black bands, with the pale center so larjje as to leave 

 only the bla<-k bor.lers. The eyelids and parotoids are (crossed by simi- 

 lar black lines. I»eh)W and ('omtealed surfaces iinspottetl. 



The range of this sp»'cies is much like that of the />. jutncttitHs, but. 

 it extends further <'ast. Mr. Isaai; found if on the upper Wichita in 

 Texas, and Mr. \N'. Taylor at San Diego in southwest Texas. lto(H!urs 

 westward through noithern ;\l«'xico and the southwest territories to 

 (liiayinas, on the (iidf of California. It has not yet been found in 

 Lower ("alifoniia. It was originally brought from the valh-y of Mexico, 

 and the Smithsonian Institution siibs(M|iieiitly re(;eived it from ^Mazat- 

 iiiii. Itaiiil reports it from the lower Kio Grande. It is probably diag- 

 nostic (»l'the Sonoian region. 



lliij'ii (tihilii liiranl. 

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I IMnw.ii.' I'triK I Aliiiliolir. 



■J I 'liiliii;iliii;i, Mrvlrii .. Dr 'riiiiniiis Wi'lili Ilii. 



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I M.il.iiiiiiiii-i, Mcxjt'ii .. I.ii 111. I! ( '.nil li. r. S. A i)o. 



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7 r.i;i/i>-< l;iM 1. 'l'i'\;n ....I It. 1!. !■'. Sliiiiii;iiil | itii. 



mi'O AlAAKirsliiiard. 

 r.,iiiil'.s K'ljitilia \'. S. Mrs. Hi iiiiil. Siirv., ii, |i. -Jtl, PI. xvi, li;;.s. 1-f!. 



This very distinct species is as yet known from a single specimen, 

 whirii is picsei ved in the National .Museum. It has a general relation- 

 ship to the /.'. iiiinrlitliis, and also to tin* Cid)an Pcltitiiln-nnv^ultavvphnlti 

 of ("iil»a. In its larg*^ size it eipials the II. marhiKs. 



Head slicnt and wide; nui/.zle obtuse and vertical in prolile, not pro. 

 .jecling beyond upper lip; naics terminal lateral, the c.-jnthus rostralis 

 Ibrming a convex line from nares to Ihi' orbit, l-'ront wide, superciliary 

 ridges ob.solete at anterior third t»f orbit, moderately elevated behind 



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