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til is Bd. Sf Girl., is, that in the former the whole of the occipital shields are 

 included in the black of the crown, in the latter the tips of those shields are 

 crossed by the first yellow band. We do not feel satisfied that this is of spe- 

 cific value. 

 One sp. Delaware. J. Green. 



" " " Mr. Drexler. 



; " " Washington, D. C. Dr. Burtt, U. S. N. 



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Four sp, Kansas. Dr. Hammond. 



One " Creek Boundary. Dr. S. W. Woodhouse. 



128. L. coccinea nobis. Coronella coccinea Schleg., Ess. ii. p. 57, 1837. 

 Sphenophis coccinea Fitz. Syst. Rept. 1843, p. 25. Ophibohis doliatus Bd. et 

 Grd. 1. c. p. 76, 1852. Calamaria elapsoidea Holbr. N. Am. Herp. iii. p. 119, 

 1842, et Osceola elapsoidea Bd. & Grd. col. p. 133, (founded upon specimens 

 in which the loreal plate is abnormally absent.) 



This species is closely allied to the preceding, but may be distinguished by 

 the following peculiarities : The scales are in seventeen and nineteen rows 

 instead of twenty-one. The pairs of rings are fewer in number, (thirteen to 

 seventeen on the body,) and do not become confluent on the flanks. The 

 belly is not varied with black. From the anterior part of the occipital plates 

 to the muzzle the color is red, not white or yellow, and without black punc- 

 tulations. The muzzle is depressed, and the superciliary plates are very small, 

 giving the eyes a greater vertical field than in the d i o 1 a t a. The tips of the 

 occipitals are crossed by the first yellow ring. 



Many of these peculiarities are alluded to in the very accurate description 

 of Herr Schlegel, and to us it is perfectly plain that he had the present species 

 before him when writing it. The species is probably southern in its distribu- 

 tion. 

 One sp. Mobile. Dr. Nott. 



" " Georgia. Maj.LeConte. 



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129. L. annulata Kennicott, MSS. This, perhaps the most beautiful 

 species of the genus, resembles d o 1 i a t a, but the scales are very broad, and 

 the gastrosteges opposite to the red interval of the back are totally black. The 

 confluence of the black rings bordering the red does not take place on the 

 scales of the sides. For a more detailed description we refer to Kennicott's 

 forthcoming article. 



One sp. Texas. Capt. J. P. McCown. 



130. L. micropholis nobis. Scales in twenty-one longitudinal rows, 

 small, short and obtuse. Temporal region swollen, giving the depressed head 

 an appearance of distinctness. Plates of the head much as in doliata ; the 

 superciliaries and vertical are however larger, and the longitudinal line of 

 suture of the occipitals is only three -fourths the length of the latter plate. 

 The outer borders of the occipitals present two posterior divaricating angles, 

 and one on each side at the end of the first temporal. Upper labials seven, 

 third and fourth entering the orbit. Inferior labials nine, the seventh twice 

 as large as the last two together. Other particulars as in d o 1 i a t a, Gastros- 

 teges 219 ; one entire anal ; urosteges 43 pair. Total length 16 in. 11 1. ; tail 

 2 in. 



The color is a delicate red with a black tip upon each scale. The body is 

 completely encircled by ten pairs of jet black rings, which are anteriorly ten 

 scales apart, posteriorly seven. The space included in each pair is three or 

 four scales wide, and is red not yellow each scale having a black tip. The 

 tail is ornamented with two pair of black rings and a black tip. Eighteen 

 scales anterior to the first pair of rings, a black collar four scales wide encircles 

 the neck, scarcely touching the tips of the occipitals. The superciliary 



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