20 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Jan., 



Eutaenia sackeni Kennicott. 



Proc. Ac. Phil., 1859,98; Cope, I. c. GoO, ami Kep. Nat. Mus., 1019; 

 T. saurita (part) Boul., I. c, 1,212. 



Scutellation and proportions as in saurita, but the upper labials 

 are almost invariably 8, instead of 7. The color is greenish olive, 

 or blackish in old specimens, and the dorsal stripe is usually 

 absent, in such cases showing faintly for a short distance l:)ehiud 

 the head. Total length 710 mm. (tail 255). 



Hab. — Florida. 



Eutaenia proxima Say. 



Coluber proximus Say, Long's E.Kp., I, 187 (1823); Eutceiiia proxima 

 and E. Faireyi B. and G., I. c, 25 ; E. p)roxima Cope, I. c, 65U, and 

 Eep. Nat. Mus., 1022 ; 2'. saurita (part) Boul., I. c. I, 212. 



Head small ; body slender, though stouter and with shorter tail 

 than in the preceding species; upper labials 8; oculars 1-3; tem- 

 porals 1-2 (3); scales in 19 rows, all keeled; ventrals 165-178; 

 subcaudais 91-115; dark olive or brownish to almost black; dor- 

 sal stripe distinct, bright yellow to orange; lateral stripe on third 

 and fourth rows, usually pale or greenish yellow ; belly yellow' or 

 green, usually without markings; top of head dark, with a pari- 

 etal spot; labials colored like the belly. Sometimes the dorsal and 

 lateral stripes are of the same color; very dark specimens with 

 such stripes, chiefly from the northern portions of its range, are 

 faireyi B. and G. These have often a slightly longer tail, but the 

 differences are not constant. The usual length of large examples 

 from the Mississippi valley is about 800 mm., of which the tail is 

 from .33-. 28, but a living specimen lately received by the Zoologi- 

 cal Society from Pecos, Tex., is 1160 mm. long (tail 280). In 

 this the tail is but .24 of the length, being the shortest I have met 

 with in the species. The dorsal stripe is a rich red. 



Hab. — Indiana and Illinois to southern Mexico, and west 

 through Texas. It is not certainly known from east of the Mis- 

 sissipj)i except in the States named. 



Eutaenia radix B. and G. 



I. c, 34 ; Cope, I. c, 650, and Rep. Nat. Mus., 1026 ; T. ordinatus var. 

 radix Boul., I. c, I, 211. 



Body moderately stout; head broad; upper labials 7 (occ. 8); 

 oculars 1-3; temporals 1-2 ; ventrals 145-170; subcaudais 51-70; 

 scales in' 21 or 19 rows, all keeled, the outer slightly. Brown, 

 olive or' almost black, with three stripes, the dorsal usually golden 



