156 SYSTEMATIC LIST AXD SYXoXYMY. 



OPHIDI A— Continued. 



Var. zonatus G7 



Coluber (zacholus) zonatus Blainv., is:;."), Nouv. Ann. Mus., IV, 2!):"!; B. 

 it (i., 1853, Serp., 153. BeUophis zonatus Lockington, 1 s7< >, Pr. Cal. 

 Acad. California. 



Var. annulatus 



Lampropeltis annulate/, Kenn., I860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 320; Cope, 1860, Pr. 

 Phil. Ac, 257. Ophibolus doliatw subsp. annulatus Cope, 1875, Check- 

 list, 36; Yarrow, 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, 537. ? Lampropeltis poly- 

 zona Cope, I860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 258. ? I. amaurus Cope, I. c, 258. 



Bright red, 18 to 22 pairs of black rings from head to vent, each 

 pair inclosing a spotless yellow ring, which encircles the body, widen- 

 ing but little on the Hanks. Belly between the yellow rings black. 

 Top of head black, this color extending back upon the occipitals in 

 an acute angle. A broad occipital yellow ring. (Kenn.) 



Mexico. 



Var. RHOKBOMACTIXATUS 



CoroneUa rhombomaculata Holbr., 1842, Herp., Ill, 103, pi. 23; Jan, 1863, 

 Sist, 47, — 1866, Icon., livr. 17, pi. II, f. 1 — 2. Ophibolus rhombomao- 

 Hiatus B. & G., 1853, Serp., 86; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 30, f. 



60; Cope, 1875, Checklist, 57. Lampropeltis rhombomaculatus Cope, 

 1860, Pr, Phil. Ac, 255. 



Top> of head and back chestnut brown, with a vertebral scries of 

 rhomboid reddish-brown spiots. Lower surface salmon-colored, more 

 or less bright. Ventrals211; subcaudals 45. (Holbr.) 



Southeastern United States. 



Ophibolus getulus (Chain Snake) 68 



Baird & Girard, 1853, Serp., 255; Bd., L854, Serp. N. Y., 20, — 1859, 

 P. R. R. Hep., X, pi. 31, f. 65. Coluber getulus Linn., 1766, Syst., I, 

 382; (iniel., 1788, Syst. Linn., I, HOC; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac, 

 358,-1835, Med. Res., 122; Peale, 1829, Macl. Lye, 1, pi. V; Gthr., 

 1S58, Cat., 249. CoroneUa geiula Holbr., 1842, Herp., Ill, 95, pi. 21; 

 D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 616; Jan, 1863, Sist., 47. — 1865, Icon., livr. 

 14, pi. 5, f. 1. Lampropeltis getula < 'ope, 18G0, Pr. Phil. Ac, 255. 

 Ophibolus getulus subsp. getulus Cope, 1875, Checklist, 37, — 1880, 

 Bull. 20, U. S. Mus., 23. Pseudoelaps getulus Fitz., 1826, Neue (lass. 

 Rept., 26. 



Chain Snake Catesby, 174:1, Carol., 11,52. Chain Snake; King Snake; 

 Thunder Snake. Southern Stales to Texas. 



Var. sayi (King Snake) 68 



CoroneUa sayi Moll,,-., 1842, Herp., 99, pi. 22; I). & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 

 619; Gthr., 1858, Cat., 41. Coluber sayi DeK., 1842, Rept., 41. II, r- 

 petodryas getulus Schleg., 1837, Kssai, I, 15:1. II, 198. Lampropeltis get' 

 ulus Fitz.. 1843, Syst.. 25. Laiaiirupillis *">/i Cope, 18(10, Pr. Phil. Ac, 

 254. Ophibolus sayi II. & G., 1853, Serp., pp. 84, 159, — 1854, Marcy'a 

 Exp., pi. 7 ; Bd., 1S59, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 30, f. 59. 0. getulus var. 

 sayi Cope, 1S75, Checklist, 37. O. getulus sayi Cope, 1880, Bull. 20, U. 

 S. Mus., 23. CoroneUa getulus var. sayi .Ian, 1863, Sist., 47, — 1865, 

 Icon., livr. 14, pi. 5, f. 2. Mississippi Valley to Illinois and Texas. 



