1010 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



ing the postnasal and upper part of the orbit, liostral tapering 

 upward. jSTostril opening in the posterior margin of the prenasal 

 plate. Loreal elongated, situated above the second and third labials, 

 and forming, with the postfrontal, the anterior part of the orbit. Eyes 

 circular. Superciliaries proportionally large. One angular postorbital, 

 elevated, the fourth labial forming the lower portion of the posterior 

 part of the orbit. Temporal shields of medium size. Mouth deeply 



cleft. Upper labials five ; fourth 

 and fifth very large. Inferior 

 labials six; fifth disproportion- 

 ally the largest. 



Body slender, subcylindrical; 

 tail short, and very much taper- 

 ing. Scales lanceolated, in sev- 

 enteen rows, all carinated, very 

 narrow along the back; outer 

 row conspicuously broader, with 

 an obsolete carination. 



Grayish brown above, soiled 

 yellow beneath (said to be red- 

 dish gray above, and salmon-colored beneath, in life), a narrow light 

 chestnut band across the middle of the occipitals, spreading over the 

 angle of the mouth. 



This small species is distributed over the Austroriparian district, and 

 extends into the Eastern, but how far is as yet unknown. Fort Jackson, 

 Minnesota, is the most northern locality in the following list, but for 

 its accuracy I can not vouch. Eichmond, Virginia, is the most north- 

 ern locality in the East. 



Haldea striatula Linnwus. 



Fig. 272. 



Haldea striatula Linnaeus. 



X 2. 



Dallas, Texas. 



Collection of E. D. Cope. 



Catalogue 

 No. 



1879 



4751 

 5564 

 7302 

 2453 

 1877 

 1878 



4490 

 9595 



10711 



15555 



17969 



22154-5 



Numljer 

 of speci- 

 mens. 



Localitj'. 



When 

 collected. 



Charleston, South Caro- 

 lina. 

 ITpshur County, Texas . . . 

 Grand Couteau, Louisiana 

 Soaierville, North Carolina 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin . . . 



Richmond, Virginia 



Kemper County, Missis- 

 sippi. 

 Fort Jackson, Minnesota- 

 Wilmington, North Caro- 

 lina. 



Nashville, Georgia 



Cook County, Texas 



Arkansas 



Waco, Texas 



From whom received. 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



Apr. —,1878 

 , —,1880 



Dr. S. B. Barker ' Alcoh olio 



I type. 



J. N. Glasco ! Alcoholic. 



St. Charles College j do. 



J. C. McNair 1 do. 



Sercomb do. 



C W. Reese | do. 



D.C.Lloyd do. 



T.Glover do. 



John M. Harbifield do. 



W.J.Taylor do. 



G. H. Ragsdale do. 



O.P.Hay do. 



H. H. and C. S. Brimley . . I do. 



