n only from foothills and low
mountains at elevations between 130 and 950 meters in Michoacan and
Colima.

~Eumeces copei~ Taylor

_Eumeces copei_ Taylor, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 46:133,
June 5, 1933.--10 miles southeast of Asuncion, Mexico,
Mexico. Cerro Tancitaro (3); Zacapu.

This member of the _Eumeces brevirostris_-group has been found only in
pine or pine-fir forests at elevations from 1800 to 2700 meters. It
probably ranges throughout the high mountains of the state north of the
Tepalcatepec Valley; its apparent absence in other parts of the
Cordillera Volcanica, other than on Cerro Tancitaro, is surprising. The
species has been taken near Asuncion in the state of Mexico and at
Lagunas de Zempoala in Morelos.

In this species the lateral pale yellow stripe, which is bordered below
by dark brown, extends to the groin and onto the base of the tail. The
dorsolateral stripe is separated from the copper-colored middorsum by a
narrow brown stripe.

~Eumeces dugesi~ Thominot

_Eumeces Dugesii_ Thominot, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser.
7, 7:138, 1883.--Guanajuato. Type locality restricted to
Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, by Smith and Taylor
(1950b:169).

Carapan (6); Cheran (5); Opopeo (2); 17 km. S of Patzcuaro
(3); San Jose de la Cumbre (2); Tancitaro (2);
Tangancicuaro; Uruapan; Zacapu.

Individuals of this species frequently have been found beneath rocks and
logs in pine-oak, pine, or fir forests from elevations of 1550 to 1850
meters. To judge from specimens available, _E. dugesi_ probably is the
most abundant and widespread species of skink in the state.

In this species the lateral yellow stripe is indistinct and is
persistent only in the axilla; the dorsolateral stripes terminate
anterior to the hind limbs and are not separated from the tan dorsum.

~Eumeces indubitus~ Taylor

_Eumeces indubitus_ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 21:257,
November 27, 1934.--Near Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.

Puerto Hondo.

The one specimen of this species from Michoacan was collected by Edward
H. Taylor in pine forest at Puerto Hondo, near Zitacuaro, at an
elevation of about 2750 meters (Taylor, 1935:466). The species is known
from the high mountains of eastern Michoacan, western Mexico, and
northern Morelos.

~Eumeces parvulus~ Taylor

_Eumeces parvulus_ Taylor, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
46:175, October 26, 1933.--Tep