542 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Aug., 



Kans. The Diadophis from Hennessy, Okla., obtained by Prof. Cope 

 in 1893, are all D. amabilis docilis (Bd. and Girard). Ventrals 

 (Arkansas specimens) 156, 158, 167. Caudals 43, 49, 49. 

 Lampropeltis doliatus coccineus (Schlegel). 



Petit Jean Mt., Ark.; Limestone Gap (2), South McAlester, I. T. 



Ventrals 189, 193, 194, 196. Caudals 45, 46, 49, 49. 



Lampropeltis getulus sayi (Holbrook). 



Sugar Loaf Mt., I. T. 

 Ventrals 110. Caudals 51. 



Carphophiops vermis Kennicott. 



Chadwick, Mo.; Magazine Mt., Roger, Poteau and Blue Mt. Station 

 (2), Ark., and Wister, I. T. 

 All bright salmon below posteriorly; paler anteriorly, 

 Ventrals 130, 130, 137, 137. Caudals 34, 34, 26, 27. 



Virginia elegans Kennicott. 



One specimen, Roger, Ark. 

 Ventrals 116. Caudals 40. 



Tantilla gracilis Bd. and Girard. 



Blue Mt. Station, Hartford (2), Ark.; South McAlester (5), Sugar 

 Loaf Mt. (2), Limestone Gap (4), Wister, I. T., and New Braunfels, 

 Tex. 



Two of the largest have ventrals 117, 129; caudals 52, 41. 

 Agkistrodon contortrix (Linn.). 



Sugar Loaf Mt. and Limestone Gap (2), I. T. 



Ventrals 149, 150, 147. Caudals 42, 48, 45. 

 Crotalus horridus Linn. 



Magazine Mt. and Petit Jean Mt., Ark. 



Ventrals 173. Caudals 26. 



Much lighter and more brightly marked than the average^eastern 

 specimens. 



