104 COLUBER RHOMBO-MACULATUS. 



scales, largest on the flanks, and with broad plates below. The tail is short, 

 thick at the base, but soon becomes small, and terminates in a horny point. 



Colour. The head above is uniform chestnut-brown; the lips are lighter, with 

 a dark line at the place of junction of the several plates. The body and tail are 

 chestnut-brown, with vertebral rhomboid spots of light reddish-brown; these spots 

 near the tail have a narrow dusky margin; the throat, as well as the belly and 

 tail, are salmon-coloured, more or less bright. 



Dimensions. Length of head, 10 lines; length of body to vent, 24 inches; 

 length of tail beyond the vent, 4 inches; total length, 28 inches 10 lines. The 

 specimen here described had 21 1 abdominal plates and 45 subcaudal scales, with 

 a horny tip at the tail. 



Habits. I am unacquainted with the habits of this animal, never having seen 

 but two specimens. 



Geographical Distribution. As yet I can give only Georgia and Alabama 

 as the residence of this animal. 



General Remarks. To my friend Professor Horner, of the University of 

 Pennsylvania, I am indebted for the first specimen of this serpent that I ever saw, 

 which he received from Georgia. 



