1022 



REPORT OE NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



A series of small spots aloug' the superior edge of the lateral stripe 

 is seen in the only young specimen in the collection. 



The seven superior labials and the color distinguish this species from 

 the E, sackenii. The carination of the scales is also not so strong as in 

 the latter. 



The FjUtaMiia sanrlta ranges the eastern and austroriparian districts, 

 except Florida and Texas. Specimens in Yarrow's Check-list said to 

 be from the latter districts belong to the E. sackenii and E. proxima, 

 respectively. It is especially abundant in the Middle States, but is not 

 known to extend north of Massachusetts. It is an elegant creature, 

 and is generally found near water, in which it swims readily, being 

 more aquatic in its habits than the E. sirfalis, which is found in the 

 same localities. 



Eutcpnia saiirita Linnaus. 



Catalogue ?i""!^J 

 So I °f speci- 

 mens. 



987 



797 



?722l 



?7222 



5451 



685 



7223 



782 

 5552 

 7224 



795 

 8953 



9991 

 9997 



10657 



783 

 12369 



12356 



12357 



14759-61 



17455 



Locality. 



Somerville, North Carolina 

 Pensacola, Florida 



When 

 collected. 



From wliom received. 



1854 ■ J. C. McNair 



Lancaster, Massachusetts 



Tennessee 



Tioga County, New York . 



Toledo, Ohio 



New Orleans, Louisiana . . 

 Indiana County, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Carlisle, Pennsylvania ' 



Savannah, Georgia I 



Connecticut I 



Virginia ' 



Woods Hole, Massachu- ] 

 setts. I 



Middletown, Connecticut 



Dr. "W. A. Hammond, U. 

 S. A. 



Prof. S. F. Baird 



Prof. R.Owen 



E.E.Howell 



J.B. Trembly 



1875 



Wheatland, Indiana 



Illinois 



Londongrove, Pennsylva- 

 nia. 



Wheatland, Indiana 



do 



Des Moines, Iowa 



Washington, District of 

 Columbia. 



Apr. — , 1881 



J. W". Dagins 



Prof. S. F. Baird . 



K. V.Lloyd 



C.Wright 



C. Sanford 



V. N. Edwards . . 



W.H.Barnes 



Museum Wesleyan Uni- 

 versity. 



Robert Ridgway 



R. Kennicoit 



E.D.Cope 



Robert Ridgway . 



do 



R. Ellsworth Call 

 J. D. Figgins 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



Alcoholic 



type. 

 Alcoholic. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 

 do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



EUTi^NIA PROXIMA Say. 



Eutcenia proxima Cope, Check-list N. Amer. B:itr. Rept., 1875, p. 40. 



Coluber ^woximns Say, Long's Exped. Rocky Mts., I, 1823, p. 187. — Harl.vn, 



Jourii. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., V, 1827, p. 353. 

 Tropidonoius proximtis BoiE, Isis von Oken, 1827, p. 535. 

 Exitainia proxima Baiud and Giraud, Cat. N. Amer. Rept., Pt. 1, Serpents, 1853, 



p. 25. 

 Eutainia faircyi Baihd and Girard, Cat. N. Amer. Rept.,Pt. 1, Serp., 1853, p. 25. 



Body and tail elongate, slender, but less so than in the E. saurita and 

 E. sackenii, the tail constituting less than one-third and more than one- 

 fourth the total length. Head quite distinct, elongate, rather depressed. 

 Ocular plates 1-3; temporals 1-2; superior labials longer than broad 

 below the orbit. Scales in nineteen rows, very narrow, strongly keeled. 



