SYS' 131 



OPHIDI A— Continued. 



five. Scales in 11 ro any, larger. Each scale has 



Eour li md its posterior margin is nearly a semicircle. Back 

 reddish brown; belly reddish white. 



Resembles s '.  ' it [oration, bui ditTers in the number of dorsal 

 rows of of nasals by the rostral, five infra- 



labials, instead of four, and in having only the anterior parietal in 

 contact with the posterior labial. Total length 8 inches; tail 0.38. 



Uvalde, Texas. 



STENI ST MA ILMIi I l.t M Sp. n 



San Luis PotosI, Mexico. 



Stenostoma myopicum sp. n 



Tampico, Mexico. 



Stenostoma phenops 



Cope, is;:.. Jour. Phil. Ac., 128, —Checklist, 44. 



Tehuantepec; Guatimala. 



ONYCHOPHIDIA. (Clawed Snakes.) 7 



ERYCIDAE 7 



Erycina Bonap., 1831, Saj »io Distrib. Met An. Vert. Erycidae Bonap., 

 1840, Roy. Acad. Turin, Mem., II; Gthr., 1864, Rept. Brit. Ind., 332. 



ClIARINA 7 



Gray, 1849, Cat. Snakes, 113; B. & G., 1853, Serp., 154. Wenona B. & 

 <;., 1852, Pr. Phil. Lc, 176, — 1853, Serp., 139. Pseudoeryx .Ian, 

 1862, Arch. Natgesch., I, 242, — 1865, Icon., Text, 07. Lichanura 

 Cope, 1861, Pr. Phil. Ac., 304. 



ClIAKI.VA BOTTAE .....' 7 



Gray. 1849, Cat, 113; B. & (I., 1853, Serp., 154. Tortrix hottae Blainv., 

 1835, Nouv. Ann. Mus., 289, pi. 26, f. 1-1/-. Pseudoeryx hottae Jan, 

 1SG3, Sist, 21, - Icon, livr., 3, pi. 2, f. 1, — 1865, Icon., Text, (17. 



California to Mexico. 



Var. PLUMBEA 



Wenona plumbea li. & G., 1852, p r . Phil. Ac, 170, - 1853, Serp., 139; 

 Grd., 1858, Wilkes' Exp., Rept, 112, pi. 7, f. 1-7; Jan, 1863, si-t.. 21, 



L864, [con., livr. 3. pi. 2, f. 2,-1865, Icon., Text, 69. W< 

 Isabella 15. A G, 1852, Pr. Phil. Ac, 17G, — 1853, Serp., 140; Grd., 

 1858, Wilkes' Exp., Rept, 113, pi. 7, f. 8-14. Charina plumbea Cope, 

 1861, Pr. Phil, Ac, 305. Wenona Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 32, 

 f. 3. 



Uniform brownish or leaden. Scales in 4-". rows. Ventrals2i 04-37. 



California to Puget Sound. 



ClIAKINA TBTVFBGATA 8 



Lichanura Irivirgata Cope, 1861, Pr. Phil. Ac, 304: Jan, ISO.".. Icon., 

 Text, 7i). /.. Co] . Pr. Phil. Ac, 2. I.. myrioUpis 



Cope, 1868, Pr. Phil. Ac, 2. 



Lower California ; Mexico, 



