968 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



darker reddish spots on one side or tlie other, which are more or less 

 black bordered, or the entire gastrostege may be black edged, and in 

 some specimens the black edges are so wide as to cover almost all of 

 the plate, so that the belly and under side of the tail are black. (Cat. 

 Nos. 13024-13028; New Orleans.) 



The number of spots crossing the back is very variable. They are 

 usually wider than in the N. f. sipedon and in some individuals are of 

 double or treble the width. In that case the interspaces have an 

 oblique direction. Such si^ecimens are most common in Louisiana, 

 while those with short cross-bands, separated by narrow intervals, are 

 more usual in Florida. In a specimen from Volusia, Florida, in my 

 collection there are thirty-three cross- bands anterior to the tail, and 

 the gastrosteges are yellow, with a narrow brown border at the base. 

 These borders spread out at the end of every second or third scutum 

 into a reddish-brown spot. 



Cat. 2vos. Gastrosteges. TTrosteges. Scales. Length. Tail. 



mm. mm. 



5411 141-fl. 66. 23. 



5474 137-fl. 172. 23, 



9100 136 + 1. 81. 23. 



1057 131 + 1. 71. 25. 



10563 124 + 1. 67. 23. 1100. 265. 



10632 126+1. ? 23. 



10740 136 + 1. 70. 23. 



13024 134 + 1. 72. 23. 



13026 128 + 1. 62. 25. 



Xatrix fasciata fasciata Linnceus. 



Catalogue „^-\- 

 mens. 



1057 



5474 

 5197 

 4801 

 1252 



7210 



6411 

 9100 



10649 

 9096 

 5411 

 1100 

 4734 

 1666 

 1111 

 10758 

 9697 

 14739 

 13779 

 10563 

 13024 

 15554 

 14505 



Locality. 



Charleston, South Caro- 

 lina. 



Grand Couteau, Louisiana. 



do 



do 



Prairie Mer Rouge, Lou- 

 isiana. 



New Orleans, Louisiana.. 



Liberty County, Georgia . 



Newborn, North Carolina. 

 Wilmington, North Caro- 

 lina. 



Wheatland, Indiana 



Ferry Landing, Virginia. . 

 Fort'Kearney, Nebraska.. 



Galveston, Texas 



Micanopj', Florida 



Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana. 



Cat Island 



Ella Sutton Beach 



Arlington, Florida 



Gainesville, Florida 



Punta Rassa, Florida 



Wheatland, Indiana 



New Orleans, Louisiana.. 



Cook County, Texas 



Coast of North Carolina.. 



When 

 collected. 



, 1873 



Apr.—, 1881 

 May 29, 1875 



1858 



1858 

 1858 

 1881 

 1878 



1883 



From whom received. 



Dr. S. B. Barker 



J. Potts 



Prof. D.S.Jordan 

 Dr. W. L. Jones . . 



R. Ridgway 



H. W.Welaher... 



C. McCarthy 



E. B. Andrews ... 

 Dr. T. H. Bean.... 



Wurdeman 



do 



Dr. J. A. Kite .... 



G. B. Goode 



James Bell 



Charles K.Ward. 



R. Ridgway 



R. W. Shufeldt . . . 

 G. H. Ragsdale . . . 

 Capt. R. G. Evans 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



Alcoholic 

 type. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 

 Head, alco- 

 holic. 

 Alcoholic. 



do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



This form is characteristic of the Austroriparian region, ranging up 

 the Mississippi and Ohio to southwest Indiana and southwestward 

 throughout Texas. 



