NeptUes and Anipliibians of flUnois. 'l^?> 



Liitpeltis n-nialis. Smith, (Jeol. Surv. Ohio, Zor)l. and Hot., IV., 



1«82, p. 695. 

 f'i/cIoj)/ds veriutlis, Davis and Rice, JJiill. 111. State Lab. Nat. 



Hist., I., Xo. 5, 1883, p. 36; Bull. Chicago Acad. .Sci.. 1883.— 



!S. (iarman, ^[em. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1S83, pp. 39, 146, pi. 3, 



fig. 4. 



Small. Body slender. All the dorsal scales smooth. Ros- 

 tral plate angulate between the internasals. Frontal elongate, 

 narrowed behind, pentagonal. One or two anteorbitals. Two 

 postorbitals. Seven supralabials; middle of the eye above the 

 third and fourth. Eight infralabials, the fifth largest. Dorsal 

 scales in fifteen rows. Ventrals about 148 in adults (125 or 

 more in younger examples). Subcaudals about 80 (()9-9r)). 



Color above uniform pale green; whitij^h below. Head 

 olive above. Iris pale yellow about pupil, more extensively so 

 above; elsewhere dark. Supralabials pale. Young examples 

 are more brownish. 



Total length of an adult female, 10.25; tail, -■>.25. 



Occurs in all parts of Illinois. Common. Cook county, 

 Galesburg, Peoria (Brendel), Normal, Monroe county (Nat. 

 Mus.) 



A handsome small species occurring everywhere in mead- 

 ows and pastures. It feeds upon insects. A female before nie 

 which was captured at Normal, July 6, contains fully developed 

 eggs. 



Phyllophilophis, S. Garman. 



S. Garman, Mem, Mus. Comp. Zool., 1883, p, 40. 



Dorsal scales carinated, in seventeen rows. Anal plate 

 divided. Rostral normal. Two internasals. Two prefrontals. 

 One nasal plate, with the nostril opening in its middle. Loreal 

 present. One anteorbital. Two postorbitals. Small, slender; 

 head distinct; tail long. 



Phyllophilophis sestivus, Linn. Geeen Snake. 



Coluber (esticiis, Linn., 8yst. Nat., ed. 12, 1766, 1., p. 387. 

 LejjtojJins astivus, Holbr., N. A. Herp., 1842, IV., p. 17, pi. 3.— 



Bd. and Gir., Cat. N. A. Rept., Pt. 1., 1853. p. lOtJ. 

 Leptopliis niajaUs, Bd. and (Jir., 1. c, p. 107. 



