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STORERIA. 



lighter color, bordered by a line on each side of darker, which fades 

 oiF to the abdominal scutellae until the color is the same as the dorsal 

 line, or even lighter. Behind the head are three light yellowish 

 brown occipital spots. Whole under parts, except the chin or throat, 

 bright brick-red. Chin and throat white, mottled finely with gray 

 and black, like pepper and salt. An irregularly defined stripe of the 

 same mottling along the sides, from head to anus, crossing the ab- 

 dominal scutellae near the outside." — S. F. Baird, Mss. 

 Wesfport, A^. Y. 124+1. 43. 15. 9^. If. S. F. Baird. 



Portland, Me. — Prof. Caldwell. 



Lake Superior. — — — — — Prof. Agassiz. 



Racine, Wise. — — — Dr. P. R. Hoy. 



Foxhurg, Pa. — — — S. F. Baird. 



Madrid, N. T. 128+1. 50. 15. 11. 2}. E. A. Dayton. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. — — — G. W. Fahnestock, 



Pottsvilk, Pa. — Mr. Sheafer. 



Charleston, S. 0. — — — Dr. S. B. Barker. 



Anderson, S. C. — — — Miss C. Paine. 



Georgia. — — — Major Leconte. 



A very strongly marked variety, which the condition of the speci- 

 mens does not allow us to characterize or determine as a species, is 

 seen in individuals from Charleston and Anderson, S. C, in which 

 the body is dark slate-blue, except the middle third of the abdomen, 

 which is yellowish white. The dorsal lines of black dots are visible 

 through the ground-color ; the lateral lighter line is scarcely per- 

 ceptible. The three occipital spots, and that on the labials, are 

 distinct. 



Charleston, S. C. — Dr. S.B. Barker. 



Anderso7i, S. C. 125+1. 53. 15. 8i. 2i MissC. Paine. 



( Dr. B. F. 



Near Mammoth Gave, Ky. 118+1. 47. 15. 8i 2. \ g, . 



Another variety is seen in a specimen from Pittsburgh, Pa., where, 

 in addition to the coloration just mentioned, the ¥ertebral stripe is 

 light chestnut, contrasting strongly with the ground-color. 



