724 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



obtained it for the Smithsonian Institution (Cat. Xos. 2277, 2287). He 

 found it in swamps among" the mountains. 



Cat. No. 12602; rows of scales 40; superior labials, 11; gastiostegcs 215 + 1; 

 urosteges, 44; total length, 582 mm. ; tail, 96 mm. 



Fig. 145. 



LiCHANURA TRIVIRGATA COPE. 

 X 1.5. 



Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. 

 Liclianiira trivirgata Cope. 



LICHANURA ROSEOFUSCA Cope. 



Lichanura roaeofusca Copk, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.,-.1868, p. 2.— Stejneukh, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1889, p. 98. 

 lAclianura roseofiisca Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, p. 2. 

 Lichanura sim2)lex Ste.jneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. ilns., XII, 1889. p. 97, tig. 2. 



This species is represented by a specimen (Cat. Ko. 14129) from San 

 Diego, California. Tlie color above, as far as the fifth row of scales on 

 each side, is a brownish lead color; below this line and on the lower 

 surface, light lead-color with dark lead colored borders to some of the 

 scales, and a wide lead-colored basal shade of the gastrosteges and 

 urosteges. There are three longitudinal rusty-brown bands on the 

 dorsal region, which are indistinctly defined and of irregular width. 



