23G [January, 



Color. Dark reddish brown above ; sides light reddish brown ; fur ash color 

 at base ; side of the nose, half of the cheek, spot behind the ear, band across 

 the thigh and beneath pure white ; a black spot at the base of the long whiskers ; 

 a superciliary ridge of white on either side; the penecillated portion of the 

 tail is formed of long white hairs, with bright brown tips. 



Dimensions, 



Inches. 

 Total length from tip of nose to root of tail, . . .5 



" *' of vertebra of tail, 4 3-lOths. 



*' " of tail, including hair at tip, . . . 5 5-lOths. 

 *' " of OS calcis, including middle toe and tail, . 1 5-lOths. 

 *' " of ear, 4i-10ths. 



Habitat. Western Texas. 



Obs. This animal I procured at El Paso on the Rio Grande, on my way to 

 Santa Fe, whilst attached to the party under the command of Captain L. 

 Sitgreaves, [J. S. Army. I have named it in honor of Mr. Ord, President of this 

 Society. 



The Committee on Dr. HalloweJl's descriptions of new Reptiles from 

 California, reported in favor of publication in the Proceedings : 



0)1 some New Rejitiles from California. 



1 



By Edward Hallowell, M. D. 

 PITYOPHIS, Holbrook. 



PiTYOPHIS HeERMANNI. 



Specific characters. Head small, the two middle of the four posterior frontals 

 much broader in front than behind ; yellow above, a narrow black band between 

 the orbits ; occipital plates marked with black ; a narrow oblique band of black 

 passing from the posterior margin of the orbit, to the angle of the jaw; body 

 yellowish, with about fifty distinct subquadrate black spots, emarginate in front 

 and posteriorly ; emarginations less distinct toward tail ; interspaces between 

 these large spots, presenting smaller ones, forming a continuous row on each 

 side of the back ; about sixteen transverse black spots upon the tail ; intermediate 

 spaces yellowish ; chin and throat straw color, the lateral extremities of many 

 of the scuta with black spots ; thirty rows of scales, those upon the back small, 

 and distinctly carinated; the four or five inferior rows on each side much larger 

 than the others, and smooth ; tail short. 



Dimensions. Length of head, 8 lines ; greatest breadth, 5 lines ; length of 

 body 1 foot, of tail 2 inches 3 lines ; total length, 1 foot 2 inches 11 lines ; cir- 

 cumference 14 lines. 



Remarks. Abundant in California ; grows to a much larger size. The spe- 

 cimen in the Museum of the Academy came from the mines, in the vicinity of 

 the Cosumnes river ; one specimen was found under a log, and Dr. Heermann 

 found several basking in the sun, during the middle of the day, on the banks of 

 streams, in sandy and gravelly places. 



CORONELLA, Laure?iti. 



CoRONELLA BALTEATA. 



Specific characters. Head small and stout, outline oval, depressed above, 

 covered with nine plates ; eyes projecting, anterior frontals smaller than poste- 

 rior, nostrils between two plates ; a very small frenal ; one large antocular, two 

 posterior oculars, seven superior labials on each side ; neck contracted, body 

 slender, cylindrical, somewhat thicker near the middle ; tail rather short and 

 tapering gradually to a point ; twenty-three rows of smooth hexagonal scales ; 

 a series of about thirty narrow yellowish-white fasciae, alternating with as 



