560 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OF 



depressed head, equal teeth, and bifid anal plate. It seems to include Herpeto- 

 dryas t ri c olo r Schleg., Cyclophis calamaria Glhr., Cyclophis major 

 Gthr., and the species below-mentioned. The scales are not keeled and the 

 general form is less elongate than in Opheodrys Fitz. 



191. L. vernalis nobis. CoZMfierueraaZwDeKay, Holbrook, etc. Herpetodryas 

 vernalis Hallow., Proc. A. N. S. 1856, p. 243. Chlorosoma vernalis Bd. & Grd. 

 Cyclophis virnalis Gthr. 



Two sp. Nebraska. Dr. Hammond. 



Two sp. Kansas - " 



One sp. Michigan. Dr. Miles. 



One sp. Allegheny Co. Penna. Mr. Trout, 



One sp. Berks Co. Penna. ? ? 



Two sp. Morris Co. N. J. Dr. J. C. Fisher. 



One sp. New Jersey. Mr. C. C. Abbott. 



One sp. Rhode Island. Mr. S. Powel. 



One sp. Massachusetts. Dr. Holbrook. 



Three sp. ? ? 



The most frequent anomaly in the arrangement of the plates of the head of 

 this species is the union of the nasal and loreal. Two labials are sometimes 

 confluent and the preocular is occasionally divided. 



Opheodrys Fitz. 

 Syst. Rept. 1843, p. 26. Cyclophis Gthr. Cat. Col. Brit. Mus. 1858, p. 119. 



192. 0. aesti vu s Fitz. Coluber ceslivus Linn. Herpetodryas cestivus Schleg., 

 Dam. & Bibr., Hallow. Leptophis cestivus Bell., Eolbr., Bd. & Grd. Cyclophis 

 ceslivus Gthr. 



One sp. " Massachusetts." Smiths. Inst. 



One sp. New Jersey. Mr. Ashmead. 



One sp. Pennsylvania. Mr. Allison. 



One sp. Washington, D. C. Mr. Burtt, 



One sp. South Carolina. Dr. Holbrook. 



One sp. Texas. Dr. Woodhouse. 



One sp. " Dr. Heermann. 



One sp. ? Dr. Wilson (Bp Col.) 



Fivesp. ? ? 



Dromicus Bibron. Type D. fugitivus. 

 Sagra's Hist, d'lle Cuba, 1840, p. 221. 



193. D. f u gi ti vus Gthr. Col. fugitivus Donnd. C. cursor Shaw. Herpeto- 

 dryas cursor Schleg. Dromicus cursor Bibr. 



Var. Gthr. One sp. Trinidad. Dr. S. W. Mitchell. 



One sp. ? ? 



?? Var. One sp. Martinique. Gard. Plants, in ex. 



194. D. at er Gthr. Nalrix atra Gosse. 



One sp. Jamaica. Dr. Fisher. 



Four sp. ? ? 



195. D. antillensis Dum. ^ Bibr. Psammophis antillensis Schl. 



One sp. St. Thomas. Mr. Robt. Swift. 



Drymobius Fitz. Type D. margaritiferus. 



Syst. Rept. 1842, p. 26. 



a. One preocular plate. 



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