SYSTEMATIC MST AND SYNONYMY, 163 



OPHID I A— Continued. 



Yar. hallowellh 



T'uuiiiii Hall., 1856, Pr. Phil. A.c, 246. T. Hailowellii Cope, 1860, Pr. 

 Phil. Ac, 77, — 1866, Pr. Phil. Ac, 120,— 1875, Checklist, 35. 



Oculars 1 1. Noloreal. Frontal broad, short, hexagonal. Tem- 

 porals -'. Labials 6, third and fourth in orbit, fourth to sixth large. 



Infralabials (i, fourth largest. Scales s th, in 15 rows, outer 



larger. Ventrals 130. Anal entire. Snbcaudals 1*2 pairs. Light 

 brown or olive above; light beneath. A villi bra] narrow dark- 

 colorcl line from the back of the head. 



Kansas. 



Var. CALAMA1SINA 87 



Tantilla calamarina Cope, 1866, Pr. Phil. Ac, 320. T. bimacufata Cope, 

 1875, Rept. Costa Rica, 143. 



Guadalaxara, Mexico. 



Tantilla nigriceps , 88 



Kennicott, I860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 328; Cope, 1866, Pr. Phil. Ac, 12G,— 

 1875, Checklist, :;.">, — 1880, Lull. 20, V. S. Mus., 20; Cones, 1875, 

 Wheeler's Rep., V. 626. Scolecophis fumkeps (.'ope, I860, Pr. Phil. 

 Ac, 371, — 1801, Pr. Phil. Ac, 74. 



Texas and New Mexico. 



Tantilla coronata . . . . ; 88 



Laird & Girard, 1853, Serp., 131; Bd., 1850, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 33, f. 

 00; Cope, 1866, Pr. Phil. Ac, 120, — 1875, Checklist, 35, — 1S77, Pr. 

 Am. Phil. Soc, 05. Homahcranum melamoeephalum Jan, 1862, Arch. 

 Zool., 11,50, 51 (mixed). 



Gulf States. 



Var. wagnbri" 88 



Homalocranion wagneri .Ian. 1862, \rch. Zoul., II, 50, 51, — 1803, Sist., 

 40, — 1800, Icon., Iivr. 15, pi. 2, f. 3. 



Florida. 



Tantilla planiceps 89 



Cope, 1875, Checklist, 35 (name). Coluber planiceps Llainv., 1835, 



Nouv. Ann. .Mus. Paris, IV. 294, pi. 27, f. 3; B. & G., 1853, Serp., 



154. HomaJocranion planiceps Dum., 1852, Mem. Ac. Sci., XXIII, 



M00; I>. & ]',., 1854, I'.rp., VII, S57; Jan, 1862, Arch. Zool., II, 51, 55, 



- 1SG3, Sist., 40, — 1800, Icon., Iivr. 15, pi. 2, f. 2. 



California. 



Elapomorphtjs 89 



(Wiegmann) Fitz., 1843, Syst. Rept., 25. 



Elapomorphtjs mexicantts 89 



Guenther, 1S02, Ana. -Mag. Xat. Hist., pi. 0. f. 1 (extr. p. 0). 



Mexico. 



Contia 90 



Laird and Girard, 1853, Serp., 110. 



