156 SYSTEMATIC LIST AND SYNONYMY. 



O P H I D I A— Continm.l. 



Var. zoxATrs 67 



Coluber (zaeholm) zonatus Blainv., 183"), Nouv. Ann. Mus., IV, 293; B. 

 & (i., 1!S53, Serj)., 153. Btllapliis zointtug I/M-kingtoii, ISTii, I'r. Cal. 

 Acad. (.'iilil'ornia. 



Var. .\NNi'i,.\Tr.s 



lA(nij>r<ij,illis auunlatn Kenn., l.sriO, Vr. I'liil. Ac, 3L'i); O.pe, ISOn, Pr. 

 Phil. Ac, 257. OjihiMiis doUnlns subsp. wDinhdus Cope, 1875, Clieek- 

 list, 30; Yurniw, 1875, Wheeler's IJi'ji., V, 537. ? Lainjiropellis poly- 

 zona Copo, 18G0, Pr. Phil. Ac, 258, ? L. amaurm Cope, 1. c, 258, 



Prijjrht red, 18 to 22 pairs of Mack rings from head to vent, each 

 pair inclosing a spotless yellow ring, wliich encircles the lioilv, widen- 

 ing but little on the flanks. Kelly between the yellow rings black. 

 Top of head hlack, this color extending back upon the oecipitals in 

 an acute angle. A broad occipital yellow ring. (Kenn.) 



Mexico. 



Var. KI[0>rB05tACl:LATU.S 



Corondla rhomhonumdata Holbr., 1842, Ilerp., Ill, 103, pi. 23; Jan, 1863, 

 Sist., 47, — 1866, Icon., livr. 17, j)I. II, f. 1 — 2. Ophibolm rhombomac- 

 lUattis B. & G., 1853, Serp., 8G; lid., 1859, ^K. R. Rep., X, pi. 30, f. 

 60; Cope, 1875, Checklist, 37. Lampropcltis rhombomacidatm Cope, 

 1800, Pr. Pliil. Ac, 255. 



Top of head and back cbestnnt lirown, with a vertebral .'series of 

 rhomboid reddish-brown spots. Lower surface salmon-cub ircil, more 

 or less bright. Ventrals211; subeaudals 45. (Holbr.) 



Southeastern United States. 



Opiiinni.rs oetuhts (Chain Snake) 68 



Baird & Girard, 1853, Serp., 255; Bd., 1854, Serp. N. Y., 20, — 1869, 

 P. R. R. Rep., X, pi. 31, f, 65. Colubrr gelulm Linn,, 1766, Syst., I, 

 382; Gmel., 1788, Sy.st. Linn., 1, 1106; Ilarl., 1827, Jour, Phil. Ac, 

 358, — 1835, Med. Res., 122; Peale, 1829, Macl. Lye, I, pi, V; Gthr,, 

 1858, Cat, 249. Corondla gelula Holbr., 1842, Herp., Ill, 95, pi. 21 ; 

 D. & B,, 1854, Erp., VII, 616; Jan, 1863, Sist., 47, — 1865, Icon., livr. 

 14, pi. 5, f, 1. Lampropcltis ijcbda Cope, 1860, Pr. Phil. Ac, 255, 

 Ophilmlus grlidits subsp. gelidius Cope, 1875, Checklist, 37, — 1880, 

 Bull. 20, U, S. Mus., 23, Psendoelapit getidm Fitz., 1826, Neue Class. 

 Kept., 26. 

 Cluiin Snake Catcshy, 1743, Carol., II, .52. Ciiain Snake; King Snake; 

 Thunder Snake. Southern Stales to Te.xas. 



Var, SAVi (King Snake) 68 



Chrijiulh mtji Holbr., 1842, Herp., 99, pi. 22; I). & B., 1854, Krp., VII, 

 019; Gthr., 18.58, Cat., 41. CMcr miji DcK., 1842, Kept., 41. Un- 

 prlo)ln/(ix ijrlidiai HvMvi:., 1837, I'Asai, I, 153, II, 198. LmnpmprUin gd- 

 tUiLi Fitz., 1813, Syst., 25. ItiimjiroprU'tK miiji Cope, 18(K), Pr. Phil. Ac, 

 254. OpIiiMut rniyi B. & G., ia53, Serp., pp. 84, 159, — 1854, Marcy's 

 Exp., pi. 7 ; B.I., 18.59, P. R. R. Iti-p-. X, pi. :«), f. 59. 0. giUdim var. 

 »<iiA ( '()|>e, 1875, Checklist, 37. O. </./h/im mi/i Co|k?, 1880, Hull. 20, U. 

 S, Mus,, 23, Corondla giiulnn var, myi Jan, 1803, Sist,, 47, — 18C5, 

 Icon., livr. II, pi. 5, f. 2. Mississippi Valley to Illinois luul Texas. 



