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(EfTAKNIA.) 



TitoiMiMiN-nns KAriiiT.v I Ribbon Snake) 23 



Schleg., 1837, Essai, I, 169, JI. 327; I». & B., 1854, Erp., VII. 585; 

 .Mart., 1856, Mus. BerL, 25; Gthr., 1858, Cat, 72; Jan, 1863, Sist, 

 69, 1865, Arch. Zool., 212, 1868, Icon., livr. 26, pi. 2, f. 1 ; 

 Allen. 1868, Pr. B. N. II. Soc, 180. Coluber saurita I. inn., 1766, Syst, 

 J, 385; Gmel., 1788, Syst. Linn., I, 1109; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac, 

 V, 352, is:;."', Med. Res., 115; Shaw, 1802, Zool., Ill, 532; Fitz., 

 1826, Neue Class., 59; Daud., 1803, Rept,, VII, 81; Bonnat, 1789, 

 Qphiol., 58; Storer, 1839, Mass. Kept., 229; Thomps., 1842, Hist. 

 Venn. ait, 11."). Leptophis iauriLws Holhr., 1842, Herp., IV, 21, pi. 4; 

 DeK., 1842, N". Y. Fauna, Kept., 47, pi. 11, f. 24. Eutai nia taurita B. 

 &C, 1853, Serp., 24; Bd., 1854, Serp. N. Y., 14, — 1859, P. K. R. 

 Rep., X, pi. 26, f. 19; Yarrow, 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 545, 546. 

 Ribbon Snak Catesby, 174:J, Carol., 11,50. 



Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic. 



Var. sackknii 



Eutaenia sackenii Kenn., 1859, Pr. Phil. Ac., 98; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's 

 Rep., V, pp. 545, 547; Cope, 1S77, Pr. Am. Phil. Soc., 64. 



Slender. Back olive black, to edge of abdomen. Lateral stripe 

 greenish yellow, on third and fourth rows. No dorsal stripe. Belly 

 greenish. 



Florida. 



Var. faikeyi 



Eutaenia faireui B. & Gh, 1853, Serp., 25; Bd., P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 26, 

 f. 20; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 5 15, 547 ; < lope, 1880, Bull. 

 20, U. S. Mus., 23. Tropidonotm saurita var. faireui Jan, 1863, Sist., 

 71; Cooper, 1800, P. R. R. Rep., XII (2), 299, pi. 13, 14. 



Stouter than T. sauriia. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 168 to 178. 

 Subeaudals 112—115. Back to edge of abdomen blackish brown. 

 With three longitudinal stripes, outer on third and fourth rows. 



Minnesota and Wisconsin Southward. 



Var. PROXTMUS 



Coluber proximus Say, 1823, Long's Exp., I, 187. Tropidonotus murtoii 

 var. proximus .fan, is;:;, Sist., 70. Euiaenia proximo B. & 6., 1853, 

 'Serp., 25, — 1854, Marcy's Exp., 191, pi. 2; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., 

 X, pi. 2(5, f. 21; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 545, 547; Cope, 

 1880, Bull. 20, U. S. Mus., 20; Sumichrast, 1881, Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 de Kranee. 182; ('ones & Yarrow, 1878, Hayd. Rep., IV, 280. E. 

 macrostemma Kenn., 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac., 331; Cope, 1866, Pr. Phil. 

 Ac, 307; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, 548. E. megahps Kenn., 

 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 330; Yarr.. 1875. Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 545, 547. 

 Rfiamlabm Cope, 1866, Pr. Phil. Ac, 306; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's 

 Rep., V, 547. 



Arkansas and Texas to Mexico. 



