Material. Antioquia, San Luis, around Rio Claro cement plant, 300 m, E. Linares leg., lO.x.1987 (ICNB 685); Frontino, G. Wallis leg., 1875 (ZMUZ 511969); ?Antioquia, "Antiochia Bolivia", W. Reiss leg., 1877 (ZMUZ 512092); Caldas, Marmato, T. Bland leg., ex C.B. Adams (MCZ 155819); ?Cundinamarca, Bogota (FMNH 77575); Norte de Santander, Ocana, Wallis leg.,1876 (ZMUZ 511968); Tolima, Herveo ["Forests in the mountains below Erve, on the road to Santa Ana (Bland)" (Pilsbry 1898 [1897-1898]: 235)]; "between Paramo of Herve and Fresno", Bland leg., ex Swift (ANSP 25770); lbague (ICNB 0030). ?, "Valley of the Madeleine" (NHMUK, lectotype); New Granada, Bland leg. (ANSP 25772; FMNH 78750); New Granada, ex Sowerby (ZMUZ 512091); Colombia, ex S. Putzeys (MCZ 75346); Ibidem (UF 206172 [not seen]); U.S. Colombia, Bland leg., ex Henderson ex Redfield (USNM 307546); [without locality], ex Swift (ANSP 25771). Venezuela. ?, [without specific locality], ex Petit (ZMUZ 512090).
Altitudinal range. The precise localities where this species has been found are 300—2300 m.
Ecology. Localities for this species are in the montane forests ecoregions of the Cauca and Magdalena Valley. The actual habitat is unknown.
Remarks. Combining the note by PiLSBRY (1898 [1897-1898]) with the text of the label from Bland, it becomes clear that this species has been collected just north of Herveo, in the border region with Caldas. This locality and lbague (both in Tolima), and San Luis (Antioquia) are the only specific localities known for this species. See also remarks on Santa Ana under Drymaeus decoratus goniobasis. Colour variation was observed among the samples examined, consisting in the relative intensity and width of colour bands, and of the axial zigzaging elements that connect them. Some specimens are devoid of either type of bands.