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blotches on tho back to the base of the tail ; 50 on one, 

 56 on the other. Labials 7 ; infrahibuils 10, one has but 

 9 on one side. Scale pores two. 



Lampropeltis sayi Holbr. ; Cope. 



Eows 21, scutes 213 + 49, 222 + 51 and 205 + 47, 

 labials 7, infralabials 9, in a single case 10. Each scale 

 bears a yellow spot, yet the arrangement is such that it 

 is possible in cases to count the blotches, which are found 

 to be about 75 + 22. 



DiADOPHIS DOCILIS B. & G. 



A female with eggs ; length 13J -f- 2J inches. Scutes 

 177 + 39, labials 7, infralabials 8. Lower surface pro- 

 fusely and irregularly spotted with black. Neck band 

 orange. Posteriorly a black blotch reaches out from the 

 flank, on the end of each scute, more than one-third of the 

 way across. 



Coluber flaviventris Say. 



Labials 7-8, infralabials 8-9, scutes 168 + 78, 162 + 

 79, and 170 + 74 ; lengths 24 -f 7-5, 23 + 8, and 13 + 

 3-75 inches. The youngest is thickly sprinkled with small 

 spots of dark color and has about 80 transverse blotches on 

 the body, to the tail. 



Commonly there appears to be but a single pore to each 

 scale ; frequently there are two, and near the base of the 

 tail some have three. By Baird and Girard this species 

 was phiced in Bascanium. 



Coluber testaceus Say. 



Labials 8-7, infralabials 10-11, scutes 187 + 94, 191 

 -h 107, 194 + ?, and 192 + 99. Pores normally two, 

 frequently but one, occasionally absent, sometimes three 

 or four on a scale near the base of the tail. To the rule 



