AET. 25 CHINESE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES STEJNEGER 83 



ELAPHE DIONE (Pallas) 



Synonymy in Heiiietology of Japan, 1907, p. 315, to which add : 

 Coluber {ElapMs) dione Steindachner, Wiss. Erg. Reise Szechenyi Ost- 



Asien, vol. 2, 1S9S, p. 506 (Prov. Szechwan). 

 Coluher dione Bedriaga, Wiss. Res. Przewalski Central-Asien Reis., Zool., 



vol. 3, sect. 1, pt. 4, June, 1912, p. 696, p. 764 (Ordos; Kansu, etc.).— 



SowERBY, in Clark and Sowerby, Through Shen-Kan, 1912, p. 110, pi. 



(Shensi; Shansi). — Stanley, Journ. N. China Asiat. Soc, vol. 45, 1914, 



p. 28 (Quinsan, Chinkiang, Honan, Shantung, Peking and Chinwangtao) ; 



vol. 47, 1916, p. xiii (Paikusian, Shansi; Chuchow, Anhui).^ — Gee, Journ. 



N. China Asiat. Soc, vol. 50, 1919, p. 184 (Soochovp). 

 Elaphe dione Nikolski, Fauna Rossij, Rept., vol. 2, 1916, p. 122 (Khingan, 



Ordos, Kansu, etc.). 

 1910. fZamems pellioti Mocquard, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 1910, p. 



150 (type-locality, Lanchowfu, Kansu; type in Paris Mus.; Dr. Louis 



Vaillant, collector). 



Four specimens collected by Mr. Sowerby in northern China and 

 Manchuria are typical and fall within the known boundaries of the 

 species both in variation and geographical distribution. The Yalu 

 Elver specimen is unusually dark and the spots large. For list of 

 specimens see page 82. 



ELAPHE TAENIURUS Cope 



For synonymy see Herpetology of Japan, 1907, p. 319, to which add : 



Coluber (Elaphis) taeniurus Steindachner, Wiss. Erg. Reise Szechenyi 



Ost-Asien, vol. 2, 1898, p. 507 (Prov. Szechwan). 

 Elaphe taeniurus Barbour, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 40, no. 4, Aug. 1912, 



p. 129 ( Laolingkung, 10.300 feet alt., west Szechwan ) .—Nikolski, Fauna 



Rossij, Rept, vol. 2, 1916, p. 139 (Possiet Bay). 

 Coluber taeniurus Stanley, Journ. N. China Asiat. Soc, vol. 45, 1914, p. 27 



(Shanghai; Soochow, Hangchow, Chinkiang, Auhui, and Fukien) ; vol. 



46, 1915, p. xiii (Kuling) ; p. xiv (Yaochow, Sze) ; vol. 47, 1916; p. xiii 



(Siangtan, Hunan) ; p. xiv (Suining, Szechwan). — Gee, Journ. N. China 



Asiat. Soc, vol. 50, 1919, p. 184 (Soochow). 

 1905. ? Coluber vaillanti Mocquard, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat, Paris, 1905, 



(p. 76) (type-locality, Cao Bang, Tonkin, near Chinese frontier; type 



in Paris Mus.; Dr. Louis Vaillant, collector) ; 1910, p. 3, fig. 2. 



The scale formulas of the five specimens of this species recently 

 received and recorded on page 82 fall well within the limits estab- 

 lished in the Herpetology of Japan (p. 319) for the typical form, 

 except that the maximum for subcaudals is raised to 116 from 111. 

 They also fall within the known geographical limits of the species 

 as restricted by me. 



