214 COLUBRID^. 



1. Cemophora coccinea. 



Coluber coccineus, Blutnenb., Voij/t's Ma<j. Phi/s. n. Nafurg. v. 1788, 



p. 11, pi. i.; Dand. JRepf. vii. p. 43,' pi. Ixxxiii. fin;. 1 (1803); 



Harlan, Jmirn. Ac. Philud. v. 18i7, p. 356, and Phys. Med. Res. 



p. 119 (1835). 

 Elaps coccineus, 3Ierr. Tent. p. 145 (1820). 

 Heterodon coccineus, Schley. Phys. Serj). ii.p. 102, pi. iii. figs. 15 & 16 



(1837). 

 Ehino.stonia coccineus, Holbr. N. Am. Herp. iii. p. 125, pi. xxx. 



(1842) ; Baird ^ Gir. Cat. N. Am. Rcpt. p. 118 (1853), and Rep. 



U.S. Explor. Surv. R. R. x. pt. iii. pi. xxxiii. fig. 89 (1859). 

 Simotes coccineus, Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 637, pi. Ixxxii. fig. 2 (1854) ; 



Gimth. Cat. p. 26 (1858). 

 Cemophora coccinea, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 244 ; Jan, Arch. 



Zoul. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 230, and Icon. Gen. 11, pi. v. 



figs. 1 & 2 (1865) ; Garm. N. Am. Rept. p. 78, pi. vi. fig. 1 (1883) ; 



Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Me.r., Rept. p. 567, pi. xxxv. fig. 6 (1883) ; 



Cope, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mtis. xiv. 1892, p. 602. 

 copii, Ja7i, II. cc. fig. 3. 



Portion of rostral visible from above as long as or a little longer 

 than its distance from the frontal ; suture betvpeen the internasals 

 usually shorter than that between the praefrontals ; frontal as long 

 as broad or a little longer, longer than its distance from the end of 

 the snout, as long as the parietals, at least twice as broad as the 

 supraocular ; loreal longer than deep ; one or two prffi- and one or 

 two postoculars ; temporals 1+2 (rarely 2 + 2) ; six or seven upper 

 labials, second and third or third and fourth, or third only entering 

 the eye ; three or four lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields small. Scales in 19 rows. 

 Ventrals 157-188 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 35-45. Red above (in 

 life), with yellow or pale olive transverse bands between pairs of 

 crescentic black bands ; lower parts white. 



Total length 660 millim. ; tail 80. 



South-eastern United States. 



a. S (V. 166 ; C. 44). Charleston. 



b. S (V. 163; C. 41). Ealeigh, N. Caroliua. Messrs. Bnndlev[C.]. 



c. (S (V. 174 ; C. 45). Lake Kerr, Florida. A. Erwin Brown, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 d-e. 2 (V. 169, 177 ; Marion Co., Florida. A. Erwin Brown, 



C. 39, 43). Esq. [P.]. 



/. 2 (V. 168 ; C. 37). Florida. Dr. Guillemard [P.]. 



y-h, i. S (V. 174, 157; N.America. 



C. 43,39) & 2(V.174; 

 C. 40). 



92. SIMOTES. 



Coronella, part., Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 50 (1837). 



Xenodon, part., Schley, t. c. p. 80. 



Simotes, part., Dum. Sf Bibr. Mem. Ac. Sc. xxiii. 1853, p. 472, and 



Erp. Gen. vii. p. 624 (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 23 (1858). 

 Simotes, Jan, Arch. Zonl. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 232 : Giinth. Rept. 



Brit. hid. p. 212 (1864); Botdeny. Faun. Ind., Rept^ ^. 309 (1890). 



