SYSTEMATIC LIST AND SYNONYMY. 14^ 



O P H I D I A— Continuo.l. 



Var. BII.INEATUS 



MfUHtieophis lii/mcfiliin Jan, ISfi:?, Sist., 40, — 1807, Icon., livr. 22, pi. 6, 

 f. 1. 



Scales smooth, in 17 rows. Oculars 2 — 2, lower anteocnlar very 

 small. Temporals 2+2+2. Labials 8, fourth and fifth in orljit, or 

 9, fifth and sixth touching the eye, seventh largest. Infralaljials 10 

 to 11. Back black, with two narrow lines of light color along each 

 flank. Orbitals, loreal, and nasals each with white spot. Labials 

 and ventral surface light. 



Mexico. 



Spilotes 47 



Wagler, 18.30, Amph., 179; Gthr., 1858, Cat., 96. Georgia B. & G., 

 1853, Serp., 92. 

 (Georgia.) 



Spilotes coupeki » . =. 48 



Cope, 1800, Pr. Phil. Ac, 342, 5G4, — 1875, Checklist, 39. Coluber 

 couperi Holbr., 1842, Herp., Ill, 75, pi. 16. Georgia couperi B. & G., 

 1853, Serp., 92; Bd., 1859, P. E. R. Rep., X, pi. 31, f. 66. 



Gulf States. 



Spilotes obsoletus 48 



Coluber obsoletus Holbr., 1842, Ilerp., Ill, 61, pi. 12. Georgia obsoleta B. 

 & G., Serp., 158; Bd., 18.59, P. E. R, Rep., X, pi. 81, f. 66. Spilotes 

 erebennm Cope, 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac., 342, 564, — 1864, Pr. Phil. Ac, 

 167, — 1875, Checklist, 39; Sumichr., 1873, Arch. Sci., 246. Spilotes 

 coral's erebennus Cope, 1877, Pr. Am. Phil. Soc, 64. 



Florida to Texas. 



(Spilotes.) 



Spilotes coRAia 48 



Coluber corais (Cuv.) Boie, 1827, Isis, 537; Schleg., 1837, Essai, II, 139, 

 pi. 5, f. 9-11, 1844 (?), Abbild., pi. 28, f. 9-11 (skull). 



Spilot£s corais D. & B., 1854, Erp., VII, 222; Gthr., 1858, Cat, 98; Jan, 

 1863, Sist., 62, — 1876, Icon., livr. 48, pi. 4, f. 6, pi. 5, f. 1. 



Brazil to Mexico. 



Spilotes v.vriabili.s 49 



Dum. Bibr., 1854, Erp., VII, 220; Cithr., 1858, Cat, 99; Simiichr., 

 1873, Arch. Sci., 245. Coluber variabilis Max., 1825, Beitr., 271, — 

 1830, Abbild., Lief. 14, pi. 2, f. 3-6; Boie, 1827, Isis, 537. Coluber 

 puUalus Linn., 1754, Mus. Ad. Fridr., pi. 20, f. 3. Cerastes mexicnnus 

 & C. roronatns Laur., 1768, Synops., 83. Coluber vwricanns Gmel., 

 1788, Syst. Nat. Linn., I, 1088. Coluber pluUmim Daud., 1803, Rept, 

 324; Merr., 1790, Beitr. (2), pi. 12. Coluber eunimina Merr., 1820, 

 Syst., 121. Spilotes piillutusWagl., 1830, Amph., 179; Schleg., 1837, 

 Essai, 149, yd. 6, f. 1, 2; Fitz., 1843, Syst., 26; Cope, 1861, Pr. Phil. 

 Ac, 300. 

 Seba, 17.35, Thesaur., II, pi. 20, f. 1, pi. 105, f. 4; Scheuch., 1736, Bibl. 

 Sacr., pi. 662, f. 11, pi. 747, f. 3. 



Mexico to Brazil, 



