324 COLUBEID^. 



s^-mpliysial and -with three labials. Scales in 17 rows, perfectly 

 smooth, a few at the base of the tail with faint traces of keels. 

 Ventrals 136-151 ; anal entire ; subcaiidals 36-48. Uniform 

 blackish brown above, yellowish white beneath. 



Total length 310 millim. ; tail 50. 



Mexico. 



a. $ (V. 146 ; C. 40). Mexico. M. Salle [C.]. 



114. CARPHOPHIS. 



Calamaria, part., Schleg. Pltys. Serp. ii. p. 25 (1837). 



Carphophis, Gervnis, in D'Orhigmf, Diet. (HKist. Nat. iii. p. 191 



(1849) ; Gilnth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. l7 (1858) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. 



Phys. ii. 1862, p. 23; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Pept. p. 535 



(1883). 

 Carphophiops, Gerv. I. c. ; Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 78, and 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 596. 

 Carpophis, part., Dum. Sr Bibr. 3Iem. Ac. Sc. xxiii. 1853, p. 442. 

 Celuta, BairdSf Gir. Cat. N. Am. Pept. p. 129 (1853) ; Cope, Proc. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 599. 

 Carphophis, part., Dum. Sf Bibr. Erj). Gen. vii. p. 131 (1854). 



Maxillary teeth very small, subequal, about 10 ; mandibular 

 teeth subequal. Head small, not distinct from neck ; eye small, 

 with round pupil ; internasals present or absent ; supraocular very 

 small ; nostril in a single nasal ; no pr.Tocular, loreal and prse- 

 frontal entering the eye. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth, without 

 apical pits, in 13 rows ; ventrals rounded. Tail short ; subcaudals 

 in two rows. 



North America. 



1. Carphophis amcenus. 



Coluber amcenus, Say, Journ. Ac. Philad. iv. 1825, p. 237 ; Harl. 

 Joimi. Ac. Philad. v. 1827, p. 355, and Med. Phys. Pes. p. 118 

 (1835) ; Storer, Pep. Fish. ^ Pept. Mass. p. 226 (1839). 



Calamaria amcEna, Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 31, pi. 1. figs. 19 & 20 

 (1837). 



Brachyorrhos amoenus, Holbr. N. Am. Herp. iii. p. 115, pi. xxvii. 

 (1842). 



Carphophis amoena, G'ery. in D'Orb. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. iii. p. 191 

 (1849); Dum. <§• Bibr. vii. p. 131 (1854); Gilnth. Cat. p. 18 (1858) ; 

 Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 23, and Icon. Gen. 12, 

 pi. ii. fig. 4 (1865) ; Garm. N. Am. Rept. p. 100, pi. vii. fig. 1 

 (1883) ; Bocoiirt, Miss. Sc. Mex:, Pept. p. 535, pi. xxxii. figs. 1 

 & 2 (1883) ; H. Garm. Bull. Illin. Lab. iii. 1892, p. 309 ; Hay, 

 Batr. ^ Rept. Indiana, p. 78 (1893). 



Carphophiops vermiformis, Gerv. I. c. 



Celuta amosna, Baird ^- Gir. Cat. N. Am. Rept. p. 129 (1853). 



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



helenre, Kennicott, I. c. p. 100. 



Carphophiops amosna, Co2}e, Proc. Ac. Philad. 18()0, p. 79, a7id Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 596. 



