SYSTEMATIC LIST AXD SYNOXYMY. 137 



O P H I D I A— Continued. 



(EUTAEMIA.) 



TitoiMDOxoTHs SAURITA (Ribbon Snake) 23 



Schley., l.S;57, Kssai, I, 1G9, II, 327; D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 585; 



Miirt, 185G, Mus. Berl., 25; Gthr., 1858, Cat, 72; Jan, 1863, Sist, 



G9, — lS(i5, An'h. Zonl., 212, — 18(18, Icon., livr. 2(\ pi. 2, f. 1; 



Allen, 1808, Pr. B. N. H. Snc, 180. Culuhfr Miiirita Linn., 1766, Syst., 



I, 385; GmeL, 1788, Syst. Linn., I, 1109; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac, 



V, 352, —1835, Med. Res., 115; Shaw, 1802, ZoOl., Ill, 532; Fitz., 

 • 1820, Neue Class., 59; Daud., 1803, Rept, VII, 81; Bonnat, 1789, 



Opluol., 58; Storer, 1839, Mass. Rept., 229; Thoinps., 1842, Hist. 



Vermont, 115. Leptnphis sauritus Holhr., 1842, Herp., IV, 21, pi. 4; 



DeK., 1842, N. Y. Fauna, Rept., 47, pi. 11, f. 24. Eidaniin scmrita B. 



&G., 18.53, Serp., 24; Bd., 1854, Serp. N. Y., 14, — 1859, P. R. R. 



Rep., X, pi. 20, f. 19; Yarrow, 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 545, 546. 

 Itihtiuii iSnuke Catesby, 1743, Carol., II, 50. 



Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic. 



Var. SArKENii 



Eutaenia sackenii Kenn., 1859, Pr. Phil. Ac, 98; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's 

 Rep., V, pp. 545, 547; Cope, 1877, Pr. Am. Phil. Soc, 64. 



Slender. Back olive blaek, to edge of abdomen. Lateral stripe 

 greenish yellow, on third and fcjurth rows. No dorsal stripe. Belly 

 greenish. 



Florida. 



Var. FAinEYl - 



Entaenia faircyi B. & G., 1853. Serp., 25; Bd., P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 26, 

 f. 20; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 545, 547; Cope, 1880, Bull. 

 20, U. S. Mus., 23. Tropidonotus saurita var. faireyi Jan, 1863, Sist., 

 71; Cooper, 1860, P. R. R. Rep., XII (2), 299, pi. 13, 14. 



Stouter than T. saurita. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 168 to 178. 

 Subcaudals 112—115. Back to edge of abdomen blackish brown. 

 AVith three longitudinal stripes, outer on third and fourth rows. 



Minnesota and Wisconsin Southward. 



Var. pRO.xiMus 



Coluber pro.dmm Say, 1823, Long's Exp., I, 187. Tropidonotm sauritiis 

 var. pro.riimis Jan, 1863, Sist., 70. EvUunia pro.rima B. & G., 1853, 

 Serp., 25, — 1854, Marcy's Exp., 191, pi. 2; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., 

 X, pi. 26, f. 21; Yarn, 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 545, 547; Cope, 

 1880, Bull. 20, U. S. Mus., 20; Sumichrast, 1881, Bull. Soc. Zoijl. 

 de France, 1.S2; Coues & Yarrow, 1878, Ilayd. Rep., IV, 280. E. 

 macrostemma Kenn., 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, .331 ; Cope, 1866, Pr. Phil. 

 Ac, 307; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, 548. E. mrgaJopa Kenn., 

 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 330; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's Rep., V, pp. 545, 547. 

 RflavOahrh Cope, 1866, Pr. Phil. Ac, 306; Yarr., 1875, Wheeler's 

 Eep., V, 547. 



Arkansas and Texas to Mexico. 



