124 FARANCIA. 



pairs, nearly equal in length, posterior pair more tapering. Body 

 subcylindrical, opalescent; tail proportionally short and conical. 

 Scales perfectly smooth, rhomboidal ; outer row somewhat broader 

 than the rest. The five medial rows smaller. 



Color uniform bluish black above. On the two outer rows the 

 ground-color assumes the shape of vertical bands, from one and 

 a half to two scales broad, leaving an intermediate space from 

 two to three scales wide, which is red in life, and dull yellow in spe- 

 cimens preserved in alcohol. Both the red and bluish black extend 

 on the abdomen, the former being the ground-color, and the vertical 

 bands of the flank confluent on the middle of the abdomen, either 

 directly opposite or alternating. 



Anderso7i, S. C. 171+2. 47. 19. 



Prairie 3Ier Rouge, La. 173+2. 47. 19. 



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