88. COKONELLA. 199 



Ophiljolus evansii, Kennicott, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1859, p. 99. 



Lampropeltis calligaster, Cupe, Proc. Ac. Philad. 18(J0, p. '2'io. 



rhombomaculata, Cojie, I. c. ; Stejneyer, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. 



xiv. 1891, p. 50.3. 

 Coronella evansii, Jan, II. cc. p. 243, fio'. 3. 



" tigriua, Jan, Arch. Zuol. Anat. Phys. ii. p. 244. 



Ophibolus callig-aster, Cope, C/ieck-list N. Am. Re]}t. p. 37 (187.5), 



and Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 610; //. Garm. Bidl. 



IlUn. Lab. iii. 1892, p. 293. 

 triaugulus, vars. calligaster et rhombomaculatus, Garm. N. 



Am. Rept. pp. 6(3 & 156 (1883). 



Ej-e small. Snout scarcely prominent. Ptostral about once and 

 a half as broad as deep, the portion visible from above measuring 

 about one third its distance from the frontal ; suture between the 

 interiiasals shorter than that between the prsefrontals ; frontal con- 

 siderably longer than broad, as long as or longer than its distance 

 from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer 

 than deep ; one pne- and two postoculars ; temporals l-t-2 or 2-|-3 ; 

 seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; four lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer 

 than the posterior. Scales in 21 to 25 rows. Yentrals 192-213 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 40-52. Pale brown above, with large, 

 transverselj' elliptic, dark, black-edged spots on the back and an 

 alternating series of smaller ones along the side ; a pair of elongate 

 dark spots or bands on the nape, and a dark oblique streak behind 

 the eye ; red inferiorly, with brown spots. 



Total length 790 millim. ; tail 110. 



North America east of the liocky Mountains, as far north as 

 Virginia. 



a. 2 (Sc. 25 ; V. 210 ; C. 49). Missouri. Smithsonian Institution 



[P.]. 



b. Yg. (Sc. 21 ; V. 199 ; C. 49). Florida. Dr. Guillemard [P.]. 



c. 2 (Sc. 25; V. 204; 0. 40j. N. America. Dr. Kiippell. 



9. Coronella leonis. 



Coronella leonis, Giinth. Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. 110, pi. xxxix. fig. A 

 (1893). 



Snout longer and eye larger than in C. triangulum. Eostra 

 twice as broad as deep, just visible from above; suture between the 

 internasals about two thirds the length of that between the prae- 

 frontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, as long as its distance 

 from the rostral, shorter than the parietals ; loreal twice as long as 

 deep ; one prae- and two postoculars ; temporals 2-|-3 ; seven upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the 

 posterior. Scales in 23 rows. Yentrals 200 ; anal entire ; sub- 

 caudals 51. Grey above, with a dorsal series of oo-shaped red, 

 black-edged spots ; a r^\-shaped marking on the nape ; a black 

 blotch with red centre on the frontal and another on each parietal 



