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