Reptiles and Ainphihians of [llinois. 299 



Variety niger, Linn. 



Mr. Ridgway reports this variety from Mt. Carniel. It is 

 unknown to me. 



Ophibolus doliatus, Linn. 



Cii/iilji-r (lolidtiis, Linn.. Syst. Nat.,ed. 12. ITW, I., p. 379.— Harlan, 



Jour. Acad. Nat. ^c\. Fhila., 1827, V., p. 3f)2. 

 Conjiiella doliafd, Holbr. (not of Dum. et Bibr.), X. A. Ilerp., 



1842. p. 105, pi. 24. 

 ()j>hibi>b(.s (lolhitiis. subsp. cocaiiietis. Davis and Rice, liuU. 111. 



State Lab. Nat. Hist., I., No. 5, 1883, p. 34; Bull. Chicago 



Acad. Sci., 1883. 

 Opliihohiii (loUatns, S. Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1883, 



pp. 64, 154, pi. 5, fig. 2. 



Body slender, cylindrical. Tail short. Dorsal scales smooth. 

 Rostral plate wide. Frontal wide and short. One anteorbital. 

 Two postorbitals. Loreal present. Supralabials seven. Infra- 

 labials eight. Dorsal scales in nineteen rows. Ventrals 

 169-176. Snbcaudals 81-48 pairs. 



Color above light red, with from twenty to twenty-five 

 pairs of transverse black bands which are continuous about the 

 body, or are interrupted on the abdomen. Between each pair is 

 a yellowish band. 



Occurs in southern Illinois according to Davis and Rice. 

 It is probably rare. I have not seen it. 



This species may be known from the variety doliatus of 

 0. triangidus by the fewer rows of dorsal scales and the char- 

 acter of the transverse black lines. 



Ophibolus elapsoideus, Holbr. 



Calanuirta dwpsoklea, Holbr., X. A. Herp., 1842, III., p. 119, pi. 28. 

 OHceola elapsoiflHi. Bd. and Gir., Cat. N. A. Rept., Pt. I., 1853, p. 



133.— Davis and Rice, Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Ilist, I., No. .'). 



1883, p. 33; Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci., 1883. 

 Opfiiho/ns doliatus, var. tiap.soirhns. S. Garman, Mem. Mus. 



Comp. Zool., 1883, pp. 65, 155. 

 Ojihiholiis dopsoiiUus. S. Garman, List. X. A. Rept. and Batr., 



Bull. Essex Inst., 1884. 



Small. Body slender. Tail short. Rostral plate wide. 

 Frontal wide and short, subhexagonal. Loreal absent, its plac^! 



