208 COLUBRID^. 



a. c? (V. 194; C. 59). San Diego, Cali- Prof. C. Eigenmann 



fornia. [C.]. 



6. 5 (V. 210; C. 58). San Bernardino, Hr. A. Forrer [C.]. 



California. 



c. Hgr. (V. 195 ; C. 54). Santa Cruz, Cali- Hr. A. Forrer [C.]. 



fornia. 



d. 2 (V. 205; C. 62). Upper Sacramento Mr. Gruber [C.]. 



River Valley. 



e. c? (V. 196; C. 63). California. LordWalsingham [P.]. 

 /. 2 (V. 198 ; C. 53). California. Christiauia Museum. 



18, Coronella regalis. 



Diadopliis regalis, Baird ^ Gir. Cat. N. Am. Hept. p. 115 (185.3), 



and Rep. U.S. Surv. R. R. x. pt. iii. pi. xxxiii. fig. 86 (1859), 



and Rep. U.S. Me.v. Bound. Surv. ii. Rept. pi. xix. fig. 2 (1859) ; 



Gm-7n. N. Am. Rept. p. 73 (1883) ; Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1883, 



p. 12, and Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 615. 



arnyi, Kennicott, Proc. Ac. Philad, 1859, p. 99. 



? Diadopliis docilis, Kennicott, in Baird, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 



Surv. ii., Rejjt. p. 22, pi. xxi. fig. 3 (18.59). 

 Diadophis punctatus, v.ir. arnyi, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, 



p. 205, and Icon. Gen. 15, pi. vi. fig. 5 (1866) ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. 



Me.T.,Rept. p. 622 (1886) ; H. Garm. Bull. Illin. Lab. iii. 1892, 



p. 302. 

 punctatns, var. Ifetus, Jan, II. cc. fig. 6 ; Bocourt, I. c. p. 622, 



pi. xl. fig. 4. 

 Liophis (Diadopliis) arnyi, Gi'mth. Ann. S)- Mag. N. H. (4) i. 1868, 



p. 413. 

 Diadophis punctatus, var. dougesii, Villada, La Naturaleza, iii. 1875, 



p. 226, pi. -. 



punctatus, vars. modestus et regalis, Bocourt, I. c. p. 623. 



texensis, Garni. Bull. Es.se.v Inst. xix. 1888, p. 127. 



Liophis regalis, Giinth. Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. 108 (1893). 

 Isetus, Giinth. I. c. 



Distinguished from C. jiunctata and C. amabilis by having 17 

 rows of scales. Yentrals 183 to 237 ; subcaudals 56 to 77. Tem- 

 porals 1 4- 1 or 1 -t- 2. Olive-brown, bluish grey, or blackish above, 

 with or without a yellow uuchal collar ; belly yellow or orange, 

 with numerous black spots. 



Total length 490 millim. ; tail 100. 



From Illinois and Kansas to Mexico. 



a. cJ (V. 183 ; C. 56). City of Mexico. Mr. Doorman [C.]. 



89. HYPSIGLENA. 



Hvpsiglena, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 246, a,id Proc. U.S. Nat. 



'Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 617. 

 Pseudodipsas, Peters, Mon. Bcrl. Ac. 18C0, p. 521. 

 Comastes, Jan, Blaico sist. Ofid. p. 102 (1863). 



Maxillary teeth 12 to 16, the two posterior strongly enlarged 

 and separated from the rest by an interspace ; mandibular teeth 



