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The scale rows are uniformly 17-15, the preoculars 1-1, the post- 

 oculars 2-2, and the anterior temporals 2-2. The ventrals average 

 somewhat fewer than in fistulosus. 



The Museum has no other specimens from Mexico. 



*ELAPHE BAIRDI (Yarrow) 



The Museum has a single Mexican specimen, No. 103C92, from Car- 

 bonero Canyon, Sierra del Carmen, Coahuila. 31 



ELAPHE CHLOROSOMA (Giinther) 



Three specimens (Nos. 110299-110301) are from Tres Cruces, 

 Oaxaca. The scale characters of these in the order given are: Scale 

 rows 27-33-21, 31-37-23, 29-34-23; ventrals 257, 281, 2G9; caudals 

 126 ( S ), 105( 9 ), 99+ ( $ ) ; supralabials 9-9, 8-9, 8-8; infralabials 

 11-11, 10-11, 11-12; labials entering eye 4-5(5-6), 4-5 (5-G), 4-5(4-5). 

 All are adults, lacking spots. 



The Museum has one other, from Guanajuato (No. 11354). 



ELAPHE FLAVIRUFA FLAVIRUFA (Cope) 



Elaphe flavirufa flavirufa Smith, Copeia, 1941, p. 133. 



A single specimen (No. 110302) is from Potrero Viejo, Veracruz, 

 collected by Dyf rig McH. Forbes. It is a male ; scale rows 27-31-21 ; 

 ventrals 254; caudals more than 108; supralabials 9-9, fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth in contact with eye; infralabials 13-14; 38 blotches on body. 



The Museum has four others, from Yucatan (No. 6566, type), Ta- 

 basco (No. 6626), Campeche? (No. 14848), and Mirador, Veracruz 

 (No. 24998). 



ELAPHE FLAVIRUFA MATUDAI Smith 



Elaphe flavirufa maiudai Smith, Copeia, 1941, pp. 132-134, fig. 1. 



One specimen, the type (No. 110303), was found crawling along a 

 trail at night near Salto de Agua, at 1,200 feet, Cerro Ovando, 

 Chiapas. 



The Museum has no others. 



ELAPHE LAETA LAETA (Baird and Girard) 



Two specimens are in the collection, one from between Lerdo and 

 La Goma, Durango (No. 105294), the other from 25 km. north of 

 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon (No. 110434). Scale data on these two, re- 

 spectively, are : Ventrals 228, 223 ; caudals 72 ( $ ) , 81 ( $ ) ; scale rows 

 25-29-21, 25-27-19; supralabials 8-8, 8-9; infralabials 13-?, 14-14; 

 labials enter eye, 4-5, 4-5 (5-6) ; dorsal blotches, 43 and 34, on body. 



31 Smith, 1938, p. 150. 



