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1866. Rhogeëssa tumida H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 286, type from Mirador, Veracruz.

Range.--From Boca del Río, Veracruz, in eastern México, southward over México and Central America into Panamá.

=Rhogeëssa gracilis= Miller.

1897. Rhogeëssa gracilis Miller, N. Amer. Fauna, 13:126, October 16, 1897, type from Piaxtla, Puebla.

Range.--Known only from the type locality and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

Transmitted November 30, 1951.

TABLE 1.--MEASUREMENTS OF RHOGEËSSA FROM MEXICO

TABLE LEGEND

Column FO: Forearm Column GR: Greatest length of skull including teeth Column CO: Condylobasal length (not including teeth) Column LE: Length of upper tooth-row, C1-M3 Column ZY: Zygomatic breadth Column MA: Mastoid breadth Column BR: Breadth across upper molars

======+===+========+===================+====+=====+====+=====+====+====+===== No. |Sex| Date | Locality | FO | GR | CO | LE | ZY | MA | BR ------|---+--------+-------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+----- | | |Rhogeëssa parvula | | | | | | | | | | parvula | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 92413| ? |May 19, |Maria Madre | | | | | | | | | 1897 | Island |26.0|11.25|10.5| 4.1 |....|6.1 | 4.7 7841| ? |....... |lost specimen-- | | | | | | | | | | Tres Marias Ids. |27.4|.... |....|.... |....|....|.... 84021|...|....... |alleged type of | | | | | | | | | | R. tumida |....|11.8 |10.9| 4.3 |....|6.2 | 4.9 24853||May 7, |W side | | | | | | | | | 1948 | Alamos, Sonora |29.5|11.7 |10.8| 4.2 |7.8 |6.5 | 4.8 24854||May 7, |W side | | | | | | | | | 1948 | Alamos, Sonora |29.0|11.4 |10.6| 4.4 |7.6 |6.1 | 4.9 39723||Aug. 5, |1/2 mi. E San | | | | | | | | | 1950 | Blas, Nayarit |27.2|12.2 |11.5| 4.5 |7.9 |6.5 | 5.1 39724||Aug. 5, |1/2 mi. E San | | | | | | | | | 1950 | Blas, Nayarit |27.3|11.7 |10.7| 4.2 |7.4 |6.4 | 4.8 39725||Aug. 7, |1/2 mi. E San | | | | | | | | | 1950 | Blas, Nayarit |28.0|12.0 |10.9| 4.4 |....|6.9 | 5.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |Rhogeëssa parvula | | | | | | | | | | tumida | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29886||Dec. 8, |Boca Del Rio, | | | | | | | | | 1948 | 10 ft., Veracruz |28.7|12.7 |11.9| 4.63|8.4 |6.9 | 5.6 19231||Oct. 6, |Rio Blanco, 20 km. | | | | | | | | | 1946 | W Piedras Negras,| | | | | | | | | | Veracruz |30.5|13.2 |12.4| 4.8 |....|7.0 | 5.6 37329| ? | |alleged paratype | | | | | | | | | | of R. parvula |....|12.3 |11.3| 4.68|....|6.5 | 5.4 73269||Jun. 12,|Santo Domingo, | | | | | | | | | 1895 | Oaxaca |32.6|13.5 |12.5| 5.0 |8.5 |6.9 | 5.65 170858||Oct. 7, |La Tuxpana, | | | | | | | | | 1910 | Champoton, | | | | | | | | | | Campeche |26.7|12.4 |11.3| 4.5 |7.6 |6.5 | 4.9 ------+---+--------+-------------------+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----

The first three specimens and the last three are in the United States National Museum; the others are in the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History.

+----------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's Notes: | | | |Left inconsistent usage of accents | | | |Page 229: Changed Ishtmus to Isthmus | | | |Footnote A: Changed Natoinal to National| +----------------------------------------+

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