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J. Rodgers - 1944
266
Mrs. Vert. Zool., Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Calif.
April 15, 1944
Acc. no. 7164
17 mi. SE of Brownwood
Brown Co., Texas
Feb. 18, 1944
3875 Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus
Color records from Bigaway (1912)
"Red blotches, between Felame Scarlet and
Mars Orange (Pl. II, 9, h.)
Sides and belly, Sulfur Yellow (Pl. II, 25, f.)
Mrs. Vert. Zool., Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Calif.
May 1, 1944
Acc no. 7171
Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands
South Pacific
April 8, 1944
3876 Eunneces brought in alive - killed May 1, 1944
3877 "
" " "
3878 "
" " preserved
3879 "
" "
Color records of nos. 3876 and 3877 follow:
Black on head, shoulders and trunk, becoming dark brown toward
lumbar region with a bronzy sheen shining through, especially
directly over hind legs. Median dorsal and dorso-lateral light
lines appearing any color from Martius Yellow (Pl. IV, 23, f) to
to Buff-yellow (Pl. IV, 19, b), according to how the light is reflected
from the scales. The latter color predominates and is supplemented
by the bronzy sheen that shines through particularly in the
lumbar region and along the sides in and between the lower
edge of the dark dorsal ground color. Pattern of back