CO. COLUBER. 4g 



B. Uniform brown above, yellowish beneath, the caudal shields 



edged with brown. 

 c. d (V. 21G; C. 7G). Seoul, Corea. C. W. Campbell, Esq. [P.]. 



21. Coluber vulpinus. 



Scotophis vulpinus, i?«/;-f;i.5- &'»•. Cat. N. Am. Rept. p. 75 (lSo3), 

 and Rep. Explor. Surv. R. Miss. R. x. pi. xxix. fig. 51 (1659) ; 

 ILii/, Batr. 8; Rept. Indiana, p. 90 (1893). 



Coluber vulpinus, Co/^e, Check-List N. Am. Rept. p. 39 (1875). 



Elaphis guttatus, var. vulpinus, Gann. N. Am. Rept. p, 56 (1883). 



Eye rather small. Rostral broader than deep, the portion visible 

 from above measuring one third its distance from the frontal ; inter- 

 nasals broader than long, much shorter than the pra3frontals ; 'frontal 

 nearly as long as broad, as long as its distance from the rostral, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ; one pnc- and two post- 

 oculars ; temporals 2 4- 3; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 

 2.5 (rarely 23 or 2") rows, dorsals feebly but very distinctly keeled. 

 Ventrals 200-234; anal divided j subcaudals 67-85. Yellowish 

 brown above, with a dorsal series of large chestnut-brown black- 

 edged _spots_ and an alternating lateral series of smaller spots ; head 

 ■with indistinct dark markings ; two dark stripes along the occiput 

 and nape ; lower parts yellowish, checkered with black. 



Total length 9G0 millim. 



Northern United States east of the Eocky Mountains (Minnesota, 

 Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana). 



a. 5 (V. 207 ; C. ?). Wisconsin. Smithsonian Institution [P.]. 



22. Coluber laetus. 



Scotophis Iretns, Baird 8f Gir. Cat. N. Am. Rent. p. 77, and in 



3Iarct/\s Rep. Red Riv. p. 227, pi. vi. (1853). 



coufinis, Baird ^- Gir. Cat. p. 76. 



? Coluber rosaceus, Cojie, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. 1888, p. 388 



pi. xxxvi. fig. 3. ' 



Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals 

 much shorter than the prasfrontals ; frontal a little longer than 

 broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal a little longer than deep ; one prte- and 

 two postoculars ; temporals 2 4-3; eight upper labials, fourth and 

 fifth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are as long as the ])osterior. Scales smooth or 

 faintly keeled, in 25 to 29 rows, Ventrals obtusely angulate 

 laterally, 220-240; anal divided; subcaudals 72-81. Above with 

 a scries of large squarish brown black-edged blotches, separated by 

 brownish-white or grey interspaces ; two alternating lateral scries 

 of small spots on each side ; a brown band across the end of the 

 snout, another from one angle of the mouth to the other, passing 

 through the eyes and across the forehead ; a brown spot below the 



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