under _Eutaenia sirtalis
parietalis_ a specimen, U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 960, from El Paso,
obtained by Col. Graham, and referred to it as a type (without
specifying of what it was the type). Smith and Brown (_loc. cit._)
interpreted this statement by Cope as further evidence that the
specimen in question should be considered the type of _ornata_, and
they restricted the type locality, originally stated as "between San
Antonio and El Paso" to "El Paso." Actually all valid records of the
species _sirtalis_ from the vicinity of the Rio Grande are from the El
Paso region or from farther north.

It is with some misgivings that we herewith accept the interpretation
proposed by Smith and Brown regarding the applicability of the name
_ornata_ and the designation by these authors of the now missing
specimen from the region of El Paso as the holotype of that form. The
evidence linking the name _ornata_ with the New Mexican subspecies is
tenuous; there is some doubt as to the provenance of U. S. Nat. Mus.
No. 960 (the supposed type), and even more doubt as to whether this
is the specimen depicted in the plate that formed part of the original
description.

Cope (1900:1076) recognized as a distinct subspecies, _Eutaenia
sirtalis dorsalis_, the same population that we recognize herein as
_T. s. ornata_, and Smith (1942:98) considered the name _dorsalis_ to
be a synonym of _T. s. parietalis_. However, it is almost certain
that both authors misapplied the name, since the type of Baird's
and Girard's (1853:31) _Eutainia dorsalis_ was obtained in Coahuila,
Mexico, between Monclova and the Rio Grande, far south of the known
range limits of _T. sirtalis_ in Texas. The description does not fit
_T. sirtalis_ and almost certainly pertains to another species.

_Specimens examined._--Univ. of Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist.
(hereafter abbreviated to "KU") Nos. 5479 to 5497, from the
north end of Elephant Butte Reservoir, Sierra County, New
Mexico, and 8592 and 8593 from near Las Lunas, Valencia
County, New Mexico; Univ. of New Mexico Mus. Nos. 571 and
572 (J. S. Findley) from 2 miles west and 1/4 mile north of
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, and No. 4021 (E.
D. Flaherty) from 1 mile west and 1/2 mile south of Isleta,
Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

DESCRIPTION OF _T. S. PARIETALIS_

From most of the vast area occupied by _parietalis_, material has
not been available to us, and our concept of this sub