32 Cinciunati Society of Natural History. 



12. DiADOPiiis PUNCTATUS, L. — Riug-iiecked Snake. 



Rare, but two specimens having been seen. Both were 

 found beneath the same fence rail on a hillside having a 

 southern exposure. 



12. {a.) DiADOPiii.s PUNCTATUS AMABiLi.s, Baird &: Girard. 



A single specimen of this western variety is in the writer's 

 collection, and was taken May 12, 1SS9, from beneath the bark 

 of a fallen tree. It has no other Indiana record, but is said to 

 be occasionally found in Ohio. 



13. Ophibolus getulus SAYi, Holbrook. — King Snake 



A small specimen of this handsome snake was taken on the 

 22d of October, 1888, and so far as known is the only one 

 which has been seen in the State. It has, however, been 

 taken at Mt. Carmel, Illinois, just across the Wabash River 

 from Indiana. 



14. Ophibolus doliatus, L. — Red Snake. — Corn Snake. 



The typical doliatiis, which has been taken before only in 

 Brown and Pose}^ Counties, is repre.sented from Vigo by two 

 specimens, one in the collection of the Normal School, and the 

 other in that of the writer. Nothing is known concerning its 

 habits. 



14. {a) Ophibolus doliati^s tkiaxgulus, Boie. — House 



Snake.— Milk Snake. 



This variety of the above species is one of our most com- 

 mon reptiles, and as its name indicates, is often found about 

 dwellings and outbuildings. The arrow-shaped occipital spot 

 is as often absent as present, and the size and shape of the 

 blotches vary in every conceivable way. A specimen seen by 

 the writer had an unbroken grayish white dorsal stripe about 

 eight inches in length. 



15. Hi;thkoi)o.\ PL.vrvKHiNUS, Latreille.— Spreading Adder. 



Blowing Viper. 



This species is al.so very common, especiall>' in early Spring 

 (March 22, 1890), when the>" are fcjund in small companies on 



