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121. L. splendida nobis. Ophibolus splendidus Bd. & Girard. Catal. p. S3, 

 1852. Mex. Boundary Survey, Vol. ii. pt. ii. pi. 14. 



One sp. Ft. Buchanan, Arizona, Smithsonian Institution. 



122. L. getula nobis. Coluber getulus Linn., Harlan, Peale, Giinther, 1. e. 

 p. 249. Pseudoelaps getulus Fitz., Neue Class. 1826, p. 56 (not the type.) 

 Coronella getula Holbr. Herp. iii. 75. 1842, Dum. Bibr. vii. p. 616. Ophibolm 

 getulus, Bd. & Grd. 1. c. 72. 



One sp. S. Carolina, Dr. Holbrook. 



Three" New Jersey, Messrs. Benj. Badger and Peter Doyle. 



Two " (young) ? " ? 



The posterior supermaxillary teeth are but little longer than the anterior, 

 but are much stouter, and strongly compressed, as in other species of the 

 genus. The young may be distinguished from the young of P. S a y i by the 

 less number of the transverse bands. In getula they number from 30 to 

 45, in Say i from 70 to 80, they are also more irregular in the latter. 



123. L. Boylii nobis. Ophibolus Boi/lii Bd. & Girard, Catal. p. 69, 1852. 

 Coronella balteata Hallow. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1853, p. 236, U. S. Pac. R. R. 

 Exped. Williamson's Expl. p. 14, pi. 5. 



A fine species, representing the g e t u 1 a in California. 



Three sp. California, Dr. Heermann. 



One " Cape St. Lucas, Cal. Smithsonian Institution. 



In this specimen the vertical plate is more elongate than usual, and almost 

 trigonal in outline. Many of the scales in the light transverse bands are 

 black at their bases. 



124. L. calligaster nobis. Coluber calligaster " Say," Harlan, Med. and 

 Phys. Res. 122, 1835. Ablabes tridngulwrn var. calligaster Hallowell, Proc 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. 1856, p. 244. Oph bolus Evansii Kenn. Proc. Acad. 1859, p. 99. 



This species is attributed to Say by Harlan and others, but after a most 

 careful examination of Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, we have 

 failed to discover any allusion to it by that author. 



In the second volume of that work, p. 330, it is stated that such of the speci- 

 mens collected by the expedition as arrived in Philadelphia, were deposited 

 in the Philadelphia museum. It was from specimens of the present species in 

 that collection that Harlan drew up his description ; and the same are alluded 

 to by Dr. Holbrook, N. Amer. Herp. iii. p. 72, where he asserts their identity 

 with the Coluber e x i m i u s . One of these, a stuffed skin, presented to the 

 Academy by Dr. Holbrook, and labelled by Dr. Hallowell "original specimen," 

 is now before us. We can assert its identity with the Ophibolus Evansii of 

 Kennicott both from his description and from comparison with specimens 

 collected by Dr. Hammond in Kansas, and described by Hallowell 1. c. They 

 all have twenty-five rows of smooth scales. 



As to the Scotophis calligaster of Kennicott, 1. c, which belongs to a 

 genus different from the present, we believe it is a serpent distinct from the 

 Coluber calligaster of Harlan, although in the description of the former 

 author we read " there can be no hesitation in referring this species to the 

 Coluber calligaster of Say. " In order to avoid the confusion which must 

 result from the possession of the same specific name by two serpents closely 

 resembling each other, and inhabiting the same section of country, we propose 

 for the species of Mr. Kennicott the appellation rhinomegas. 



Three sp. Kansas, Dr. Hammond. 



One " Missouri, Dr. Holbrok. 



125. L. rhombomaculata nobis. Coronella rhombomaculata Holbrook, 

 N. Amer. Herp. iii. p. 103. 1842. Ophibolus rhombomaculatus Bd. & Grd. 1. c. 

 p. 73, 1852. 



One sp. Georgia, Dr. Holbrook. 



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