138 SYSTEMATIC LIST AXD SYNONYMY. 



OPHIDI A— Continued. 



Tropidonotus sirtalis (Garter Snake) 24 



Coluber trirtalh Linn., 1758, Syst, I, 222, — 17CG, Syst., I, 383; Gmel., 

 1788, Syst. Linn., I, 1107; Shaw, 1802, Zool., Ill, 535; Merr., 1820, 

 Syst., 132; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac-., 352; Storer, 1 >39, Mass. 

 Bept., 221. Eviaenia sirtalis B. & G., 1853, Serp., 30; Bd., 1859, 

 P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 26, f. 23; Van-., is;:.. Wheeler's Rep., V, 550; 

 Cope, 1877,Pr. Am. Phil. Soc, 64. Tropidonotus sirtalis Holbr., 1842; 

 Herp., IV, 41, pi. 11; Jan, I 63, ! i t., 69, - 1865, Arch. Zool., 



210. T. ordinatus var. B., Gthr., 1858, Cat., 74. T. bipunctatus 

 Schleg., 1837, Essai, I, 168, II. 320; D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 582. 

 T. kennieoiti Jan, 18:;:;, Sist., 70, — 1865, Arch. Zool., 216. T. sirta1.is 

 var. dorsalis Jan, 1863, Sist., 69. Eutaenia dorsalis B. & <L, 1853, 

 Serp., 31; Bd., 1859, P. R R Rep., X. pi. 26, f. 2; Van-., 1875, 

 Wheeler's Rep., V, 550. /•'. sirtalis subsp. dorsalk Yarr., 1875, 

 Wheeler's Hep., V, 554. E. sirtalis var. obscura Cope, 1880, Hull. 20, 

 U. S. Mus.; 2:i. Tropidonotus sirtalis var. dorsalis .Ian, 1867, [con., 

 livr. 25, pi. I, f. 1. E. cyrtopsk subsp. ocellata i'<>|"'. 1880, Hull. 20, 

 U. S. Mus., 22. New England In the Mississippi Valley. 



Var. ordinatus 25 



Coluber ordinatus Linn., 1766, Syst., I, 379; Gmel., 1788, Syst. Linn., I, 



1097; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac, V, 349. Tropid tut ordinatus, 



Holbr., 1842, Herp., IV, 45, pi. 12; Gthr., 1858, Cat, 73. Eutaenia 

 ordinata I!. .V: G., 1853, Serp., :!-J; Bd., 1859, 1'. R. 1!. Rep., X, pi. 26, 

 f. 24; Van-., 1875, Wheeler I: p., •' i51. Spotted Ribbon Snake 

 Catesby, 174;;, Carol, 11, pi. 51 and -";). 



( !oa i. Region, N i to Gei rgia ; Alabat 



Var. RADIX 



Tropidonotus sirtalis var. radix Jan, 18 13, Sist., 69, i -ch. Zool., 



211. Eutaenia radix B. & G, 1853, Serp., 34; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. 

 Rep., X. pi. 26, f. 25, pi. 34, f. 5; Cooper, 1860, P. R. R. Rep., XII, 

 (2), 299; Yarrow, 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, 548; Coues & Yarrow, 

 1878, Hayden's Rep., IV, 277. B. radix twiningii Coues & Yarrow, 

 1878, Hayd. Rep., IV, '-'70. Thamnophis haydeni Cope, L862, Hayd., 

 Trans. Am. Assoc, XII, 177. Eutai lia haydeni Kenn., I860, Coop. 

 P. R, R, Rep., VII (2), 298, pi. 14; Jan, 1865, Arch. Zool., 212. 



Scales in 19 rows, outer broad. Black, with three narrow yellow 

 lines, in- dark brown, with the lines and with series of irregular 

 spots on the flanks. Lateral yellow lines on the third rows. Ven- 

 tral- 153. Subcaudals 51 pairs. 



Northern part of Mississippi basin, Michigan lo Rocky Mountains. 



Var. MARCIANA 25 



Eutaenia marciana B. & G., 1853, Serp., pp. 36, 156, -- 1854, Marey's 

 Exp., 192,. pi. 3; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 26, f. 26; Yarrow, 

 1875, "Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 549, 555 ; Cope, 1880, Bull. 20, U.S. Mus., 

 22; Sumicbrast, 1881, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr., 182. Tropidonotm marci- 

 a Jan, 1863 : i trch. Zool., 215 1 T. irtali* re- 



lets, 1869, Mb. I'.rl. Akad. Kansas to Texas and Mexico. 



