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hattan specimen, loaned rae by Prof. Popenoe, has the dorsal scales in 

 twenty-seven rows, and the labials mostly dark-edged, the seventh largest, 

 both above and below. A dark spot enters the orbit on the fourth labial, 

 and extends backward to the sixth. The abdominal blotches show a con- 

 siderable degree of regularity, being arranged in four rows, one of gray 

 blotches on each side, usually occupying the extremities of alternate scu- 

 tellfe, and just within each of these another of considerably darker blotches. 

 The inner and outer of these rows, on either side, are strictly complement- 

 ary, not a single blotch of either lying on the same scutella with one of the 

 row adjacent. On the tail, the blotches of the two outer rows are gradually 

 lost, while those of the two inner approximate, till, on the posterior half, 

 they occupy adjacent scutellse, and form two nearly continuous black bands. 



Cyclophus vernalis DeKay. : Northern Green Snake. An eastern and north- 

 ern species, occurring westward to Colorado (Coues and Yarrow). Ft. Riley 

 (Nolan). "Neosho" (Brown). 



Diadophis punctatus Linn. : Ring-necked Snake. Douglas county (Mozley). 



Diadophis punctatus Linn., var. amahilis B. & G. : Central and Eastern 

 regions as far as Ohio (Cope). 



Diadophis punctatus Linn., var. docilis B. & G. : Two specimens of 

 punctatus received from Prof. Popenoe, and collected by him at Topeka, rep- 

 resent this sub-species, but with the dorsal scales in seventeen rows. 



Diadophis arnyi Kenn. One specimen in the National Museum, from 

 "Hyette, Kan." (Brown). 



Ophiholus calligaster Say : Kennicott's Chain Snake. Ft. Riley ( Hallo- 

 well). Douglas county (Mozley). Neosho Falls (Brown). 



Ophiholus getulus Linn., var. sayi Holb. : King Snake. Douglas county 

 (Mozley). Shawnee Mission and Ft. Riley (Brown). A Topeka speci- 

 men is in the State House collection. 



Ophiholus doliatus Linn., var. triangulus Boie. : Milk Snake. Prof. Pope- 

 noe writes me that this is the most abundant serpent in the State, and very 

 variable. 



Ophiholus doliatus Linn.: Corn Snake. Three Douglas county specimens 

 in the museum of the Kansas State University (Snow). Topeka and Man- 

 hattan (Popenoe). The National Museum and Philadelphia Academy both 

 have specimens from Kansas. 



Ophiholus doliatus Linn., var. annulutas Kenn. Kansas (Cope). 



Ophiholus doliatus Linn., var. gentilis B. & G. Wallace county (Moz- 

 ley). A specimen labeled "Ophiholus Gentilis? f^^ taken by Prof. Popenoe? 

 at Topeka, is in the State House collection. 



Ophiholus doliatus Linn., var. coccineus Schleg. Kansas (Cope). 



Tantilla nigriceps Kenn. A single specimen in National Museum, from 

 Ft. Riley (Brown). 



Carphophiops vermis 'Kenn.: Worm Snake. Ft. Scott ( Brown). Douglaa 

 county (Mozley). 



