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h, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 28:246, May 15, 1942.--Huajintlan, Guerrero, Mexico. Apatzingan. This specimen (CNHM 39208) was reported by Schmidt and Shannon (1947:81); they stated that it was a paratype of _P. pulcherrima_. However, Taylor and Smith (1942a:246) did not mention the specimen; aside from the type (EHT-HMS 5497), the only other specimen they designated as belonging to the type series was UMMZ 85711 from Chilpancingo, Guerrero. The taxonomic validity of _Pseudoficimia pulcherrima_ remains doubtful, for only minor characters distinguish it from _P. frontalis_. Furthermore, all known specimens of _P. pulcherrima_ are from within the geographic range of _P. frontalis_. ~Rhadinaea hesperia hesperia~ Bailey _Rhadinaea hesperia_ Bailey, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 412:8, May 6, 1940.--Omilteme and Sierra de Burro, Guerrero. Type locality restricted to Omilteme, Guerrero, Mexico, by Smith and Taylor (1950a:332). _Rhadinaea hesperia hesperia_, Smith, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 55:185, December 31, 1942. Arteaga (3); Coalcoman; El Sabino (2); Uruapan; Volcan Jorullo (2). One specimen from Volcan Jorullo (UMMZ 104494), three from Arteaga (UMMZ 119281), and one from Uruapan (UMMZ 92342) are typical of the subspecies _R. h. hesperia_ in possessing a lateral cream-colored line on the sixth and parts of the fifth and seventh dorsal scale rows and in lacking a dark line on the second scale row. The specimens from El Sabino (EHT-HMS 5441 and UIMNH 18933) and one from Coalcoman (UMMZ 104502) have the cream-colored line on the sixth and adjacent parts of the fifth and seventh scale rows and have a dark line on the second scale row. Another individual from Volcan Jorullo (UMMZ 104682) has cream-colored lines like the others, but it possesses two lateral dark lines, one on the second scale row, and one on the third. Smith (1942d:186) diagnosed _Rhadinaea hesperia hesperioides_ as differing from the nominal subspecies in having the cream-colored line on the fourth and fifth scale rows and in possessing a dark line on the second scale row. The specimens seen all have the lateral cream-colored line centered on the sixth scale row, as is characteristic of _R. h. hesperia_. Although many of the specimens also possess a dark line on the second scale row, these specimens are here assigned to _R. h. hesperia_. Additional specimens are necessary to
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