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pits are absent, but in one specimen which I have examined they 

 are irregularly present; ventrals 121-129; subcaudals 58-63. 



A dark brown dorsal area six to eight scales wide, on each side 

 of this a lighter olive stripe two rows wide, then a dark lateral 

 stripe from the third to the fifth row ; belly and lal)ials yellow. 

 Length 484 mm. (tail 110). 



Hab. — Florida. 



STORERIA n. and G. 



Cat. No. Am. Serp., 135 (1853); Cope, I. c, 074, and Rep. Nat. Mus., 

 1000 ; Ischiiogiiathus^^ (part) Boul., I. c, I, 285. 



Maxillary teeth smooth, equal; no loreal ; two nasals; two inter- 

 nasals; scales keeled without pits, in 15-17 rows; anal divided; 

 size small ; head distinct. 



Hab. — North and Central America. 



17 rows; 1 preocular; ventrals whitish, . . . . 1. S. dekayi. 

 15 rows; 2 preoculars; ventrals reddish, . 2. S. occipitomaculata. 



Storeria dekayi Hoi brook. 



Tropidonotus dekayi Holb., No. Am. Herp., Ill, 53, PL XIV (1842) ; 

 8. dekayi B. and G., I. c, 135 ; Cope, I. c, 675, and Eep. Nat. Mus., 

 1000 ; Ischnocjnaihus dekayi Boul., I. c, I, 286. 



Head scales normal ; no loreal ; two nasals, nostril generally 

 between them; oculars 1-2; temporals 1-1 (2); upper labials 7; 

 scales in 17 rows, notched at the tip; ventrals 120-140; subcaudals 

 40-63. Length 350 mm. (tail 70). 



Grayish to reddish brown or olive above, with a lighter dorsal 

 stripe about three scales wide, bordered by a row of black dots or 

 a black line, sometimes traces of a second and third alternating 

 series on the sides; belly w^iitish, with black dots on the ends of 

 the ventrals. 



Hab. — North America and Mexico, east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. 



^^ There is possibly a question as to actual piiority of publication between 

 Storeria B. and G. and Jschnognatlius Dum. and Bib., both bearing the 

 date 1853 ; the paper of Dumenl and Bibron having been read before the 

 Academie des Sciences, November 2, 1852, and the Cat. of No, Am. Ser- 

 petits being accepted for publication in the same month. Both genera Avere 

 established upon S. dekayi, but as the definition given by Baird and Giraid 

 is much more complete, usage warrants the retention of their name. Boul- 

 enger has much extended fschndf/nathus and includes in it both Clonophis^ 

 kirtlandi and Tropidoclonium lineutum. 



