88. COEOXELLA. OQV 



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

 anterior chm-shiclds, which are longer than the posterior. Scales 

 in lo rows Ventrals 136-160 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 36-6'? 

 Dark grey above with the upper lip and a nuchal collar yellow and 

 b ack-edged ; yellow or orange inferiorly, each ventral with a small 

 black spot at its outer extremity. 



Total length 360 millim. ; tail 6.5. 



North America, east of the Eocky Mountains ; Mexico. 



A. A median row of black spots along the belly. 

 ''Xl'^:U9]-C%f "" ^i2''^^-^- Messrs. BrinileytCJ. 



d 9 !v 15 ' r S Wisconsin. hristiania Museum. 



d. ^ (V. ]ol ; C. 40). Imited States. 



e. 2 (V. 149 ; C. 41). Mexico. (Type of A. occipitalis^ 



B. ^Q black spots along the middle of the belly. 



Canada. 

 A.lg. (V. 159; C.51). Delaware. E. Doubleday, Esq. 



1. 2 (V. 160 ; C. 47). Bloomington, In- C. Bollman, Esq. [0.1. 



-t. cJ (V. 155 ; C. 58). 



17. Coronella amabilis. 



Diadophis amabilis, 5a//Y/ ^ G^iV. Cat. N. Am Bent n llSHR-.q^ 

 ana Re,. U.SSur.. R. R. x. pt. iii. pi. xx.^SJ fil.' 83 ( S?.' 

 Cope, Proa. U.S. Nat. Hf?f.s. xiv. 1892, p. 615 ^ ' 



docilis, Baird ^- Gir. II. cc. p. 114, fig 84 



—-pulchelli^, Baird Sr Gir. ILcc. p. 115, fig. 85; Cooper, Rep. 

 U.S. Surv. R. R. xii. pt. ii. p. 302 (1860). o ' / > ^■'■p- 



25^0°''^''*"'' ^''^' ^*''^^°8'''°y®' ^"P"' Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, 



texensis, Kennicoft, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p 3'>8 



P"nctatus var. amabilis, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys ii 1868 



V.2bo, and Icon. Gen. 15, pi. vi. fig. 4 (1866); Garm N Am 



Rept p. 159 (1883) ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., rL p 6^0 mm . 



H. Garm. Bull. Illin. Lab. iii. 1892, p 300 ^ ^ ' ' 



— - punctatus, var docilis, Jan, II. cc. fig. 2 ; Garm. I. c. p 7--^- 



Bocotirf, I.e.]). 619. <-• p. /-, 



riiiiad. 1BS3, p. 27 ; Bocourt, I. c. p. 620. 



Differs from the preceding in the more elongate body, the ven- 

 trals numbering 182 to 210, and the subcaudals 53 to 63. Dark ^rev 

 or blackish above, with a yellow nuchal collar ; belly and the scales 

 of the «"ter row orange usually with numerous round black spots. 



iotal length 470 millim. ; tail 80. ^ 



United States west of the Mississippi. 



