10 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



SAURIA. OPHIDIA. 



COLUBKIDAE. 



nat. mils., 1898, 1900, p. 977, is iVi /. sipedon according to 

 Stejneger, Amer. nat., 1901, vol. 35, p. 428. 



28 (12). Xatuix lkheris (Linne.) Cope. 



Yello"w-bellied snake. 



Cope, Kept. U. S. nat. mus., 1898, 1900, p. 993, fig. 265. 



Coluber hberis Linne, Syst. nat. ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 216. 

 " Canada." 



Tropldonotus leheris Linne. Holbr., N. Amer. herpt., ed. 2, 

 1842, vol. 4, p. 49, pi. 13. 



Aquatic. 



Conn. — Orange, Canaan. 



29 (13). Storeria dekayi (Holbrook.) Baird & Girard. 



Dekay's snake. 



Cope, Kept. U. S. nat. mus., 1898, 1900, p. 1000, fig. 268. 

 Tropidonotus dekayi Holbr., N. Amer. herpt., ed. 2, 1842, vol. 

 4, p. 53, pi. 14. "Massachusetts, * * * New York. 



Under flat stones and in earth under leaves. 

 Me. to Conn. 



30 (14). Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer.) Baird & Girard. 



Spotted-necked snake. 



Cope, Kept. U. S. nat. mus., 1898, 1900, p. 1003, fig. 269. 

 Coluher occipUo-inacidatas Storer, Kept, reptiles Mass., 1839, 

 p. 230. "Amherst." 



Under logs and stones. 

 Me. to Conn. 



31 (15). Haldea striatula (Linn6.) Baird tfe Girard. 



Bro'wn snake. 



