278 Illinois State Labondoyy of Natural History. 



Dorsal scales in 15 rows S. occipitomagulata. 



Dorsal scales in 17 rows S. dekayi. 



Storeria occipitomaculata, Storer. 



'J'rojn'doNottis (ic<-i/>ih>-/)i(icN/(it/is. Storer, Rep. Kept. Mass., 1839, 



p. 280. 

 Coluber occij)it')-iJi(n-ii/atns. Storev, Best. Jour. Nat. Hist., 1840, 



III., p. 33. 

 Colnher oeiinsiiis. llallowell, Proc. Acad. Nat. .Sci. Phila., 1846-47, 



III., p. 278. 

 storeria ocei])it()-iii(/rN/(/tii, Bd. and Gir., Cat. N. A. Kept., Pt. 1., 



1853, p. 137.— Kenn., Trans. 111. State Agr. Soc, 1853-54,1., 



p. 592, 

 l^toreria ofcijj/foiiK/ciitdta. DrxIs and Rice, Bull. 111. State Lab. 



Nat. Hist., I., No. 5, 1883, p. 40: Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci., 



1883.— S. Garman, Mem. Mas. Comp. Zor.l., 1883, pp. 30, 143, 



pl. 1, fig. 2. 



Small. Bod}' tapering to the extremities. Head small. 

 Tail short. All the dorsal scales carinated. Rostral plate ex- 

 cavated below; its anterior face convex. Frontal hexagonal, 

 sides converging posteriorly. Two anteorbitals. Two postor- 

 bitals. Six or seven supralabials. Seven infralabials; the 

 fourth and fifth largest. Dorsal rows fifteen. Ventralsll7- 

 1 28. Anal divided. Subcaiidals 43-r)2, 



Olive or chestnut-brown above, uniform, or with a dorsal 

 ash-gray stripe, and a similar stripe on the outer rows of dorsal 

 scales, the latter more obsciire than the dorsal stripe, or want- 

 ing altogether. Beneath salmon-red, fading anteriorly into light 

 gray. External margins of the ventral scutes gray; the ante- 

 rior scutes with distinct blackish submarginal spots, forming a 

 longitudinal series for each side. Head above reddish brown, 

 faintly iridescent, with three occipital pale spots, the median 

 much the largest. Fifth supralabial pale. 



Total length of an adult female, 1 l.-U; tail, 2.44. 



Occurs everywhere within our limits. Not common. Cook 

 county (Kennicott), Peoria (Brendel), Noruial, Belleville 

 (Nat. Mus. ), Anna. 



Storeria dekayi, Holbr. 



Tr<>i>i<loi,i,his il<k<nii. Holbr., N. A. ilerp., 1842. IV.. p. 53, pl. 14.— 

 I)e Kay, Nat. Hist., X. V.. I., Zool. III.. Kept, and Aini»h.. 

 1842, p. 4t), pl. 14, tig.:U). 



