1^2 SYSTKMATIC LIST AXl) SYXOXYMY. 



O P H I D lA— Contiiuiod. 



Xiu: Al.l.Kr.ii.vNlENSis (Black Pilot Rnako) 54 



Coliihcr itUtyhmiinifix Holbr., 1S42, IIciii., HI, pi. 10. S<'(}lophif: nllegha- 

 niemis R & G., 1858, Rorp., 73; (Keim.) 15(1., ISol), V. R. R. Rep., X, 

 pi. 29, f. 49. Kluphis uHeijIuniknxi.i Hall., 1856, Pr. Phil. Ac, 243; 

 Mart., 185G, JIus. Bcrl., 27; Jan, 1863, Sist., 62, — 1867, Icon., livr. 

 24, pi. 2, f. 1-2; Allen, 1869, Pr. Bost. Roc., 181. E. IMhrMhi D. & 

 B., 1854, Erp., VII, 272. E. ruhrkeps D. & B., 18.-)4, I'Tp., VII, 270. 

 E. alleghanii'um vars. rubriaps & holbrookii Jan, I8G3, Sist., 62. Sco- 

 tophis cuujinis B. & G., 1853, Serp., 76; B<1., 18.'i9, P. R. K. \U']k, X. pi. 

 30, f. 52. 



New Englauil Ici Ahibanul. 



Var. i.iNDiiKiMERil 54 



8cotophis limlheimerii B. & G., 1853, Sorp., 74; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., 

 X, pi. 29, f. 50. Coluber lindJicimerii Cope, 1875, Checklist, 39, — 

 1880, Bull. 20, U. S. Mua., 23. Scotophis rhinomegas Cope, 1860, Pr. 

 Phil. Ac., 2-55. .S'. hetns B. & G., 1853, Serp., 77, — 1854, :Marcy's 

 Exp., 198, pi. 6; Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 30, f. 53. & calligiw- 

 ter Kenn., 1859, Pr. Phil. Ac, 98. Elaphis gutkUus var. atUignster Jan, 

 1803, Sist., 62, — 1867, Icon., livr. 21, pi. 6, £. 2. E. guUalns var. 

 rhinomegas Jan, 1863, Sist., 62. Scotophis emoryi B. & G., 1853, Serp., 

 167; (Kenn.) Bd., 1859, P. R. R. Rep., X, 42, pi. 30, f. 56. Coluber 

 emoryi Cope, 1880, Bull. 20, U. S. SIus., 23. 



Illinois to Texas. 



Var. BAinnii 



Coluber kiirJi (Yarrow) Cope, 1880, Bull. TT. S. Nat. Miis., p. 41. 



Vertical plate longer than broad, willi a slight notch in anterior 

 border; posterior portion very larfje, broader than long. Nine upper 

 labials, seventh largest. Lower labials twelve, seventh largest. Dorsal 

 rows of scales 27, long and lozenge-shaped; three upper dorsal rows 

 slightly carinatcd. General color above (alcoholic) warm grayish-ash ; 

 Iieneath yellowish ; behind occi|)ital3 two converging oblong brown 

 blotches, and posterior to these a series of narrow transverse brown 

 blotches, eighty in number, becoming obsolete near caudal extremity; 

 these blotches are six scales in width (Y'arrow). 



Fort Davis, Texas. 



Elapiitk c.tTTTATUs (Com Snako) 



CohOier gnlMnn Linn., 1706, Syst., T, 385; Paul)., 1771, Kncycl. Melh., 

 002; Gmel., 1788,,Syst. Linn., I, 1110; Schlog., 1837, ICssai, I, 149, II, 

 168; Ilolbr., 1812, Ilerp., 111,65, \<\. 14; llarl., 1827, Jour. Phil. .\c, 

 303, — 1835, Med. Res., 120; Ilolbr., 18.18, Herp., II, 109; Gthr., 

 1858, Cat., 80; Cope, 1875, Checklist, 39. C. rfiro?i'»Mniw Shaw, 1802, 

 ?ool.. Ill, 400, pi. IP. C. maculatuK Latr., 1802, Rept., IV, 73; Harl., 

 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac, 362, -- 1835, Med. Res., 125. C. mdomu 

 Daud., 1803, Rept., VI, 209; Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac, 363, — 

 1836, Med. Ros., 126. C. fiortdanm Harl., 1827, Jour. Phil. Ac, .360, 

 — 1835. Med. Res., 121. C. compremis (noiind.l Bechst., 1802, ITeb, 



