REPriLES. 1 1 



indistinct dull whitish lateral stripe on second and third rows. Dark olive brown or black above the lateihl stripe. Abdomen dark 

 ashy olive or black. — (Kennicott.) 



No. 8G6. Bank of Pit river, California. Dr. J. S. Newberry. 



PITYOPHIS CATENIFER, B . & G . 



Coluber cnlenifer, Bhinville, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Ill, 1834 ; pi. xxvi, fig. 2. 



Pitiiopkis catenifer, B. & G. Catal. Am. Serp. 1853, 69. — Girard, Herp. Ex. Ex. 1853, 135 ; pi. viii, figs. 1 — 7. 



Spkc. Chak. — Head elongated, conical anteriorly, narrow; snout obtuse. Eostral very broad, vertical plate pentagonal 

 elongated, narrow, broader anteriorly. The ante-orbitala 2, post-orbitals 3 Tail fi>rming i to J- the total length Dorsal 

 rows of scales 29 — 31 ; 7 to 9 of the external rows smooth. Ground color yellowish, deepest on ihe back. A series of about 

 60 — ^70 sub quadrate blotches from head to anus, 3 or 4 smaller series on each side. Two or three of the lateral series perfect 

 to the tail, one continued on it. The lateral blotches not assuming the firm nf a series of vertical bars posteriorly. Fifteen or 

 twenty broad, short transverse bands on the tall which are separated from the sub-caudal scuttellae by the width of two or three 

 scales. — (Kennicott ) 



No. 1423. Willamette valley, Oregon. 1810. Banks of Pit river, California. Dr. J. S. 

 Newberry. 



OPHIBOLUS BOYLIl, B. & G. 



Ophiholus Ijoylii, B. & G. Catal. N. Am. Serp. 1853, 82. 

 CuTonc'ta hulteata, Hallow. Pr A. N. Sc. VI, Jan. 1853, 236. 



Sp Ch. — Black, with upwards of 30 broad ivory white transverse bands widening on the sides. Dorsal rows of scales 23. 



1703. Fort Reading, California. Dr. Newberry. 



MASTICOPHIS TAENIATUS, B . & G . 



Leptophis taeniata, Hallowell, Pr. A. N. Sc. VI, 1852, 181. 



Slasticophis taeniatus, B. & G. Catal. Serp. 1853, 103. 

 Sp. Ch. — A broad brown dorsal stripe margined by a darker line. The four outer rows of scales on each side yellow, with a 

 dark line through the centre of each A dark line along the edge of the abdomen, making six dark lines on each side. Beneath 

 yellowish. Dorsal rows 15. Tail about one-third the total length. 



1983. Canoe creek, California. Dr. Newberry. 



BASCANION VETUSTUS, B . & G . 



Bascanionvelustiis, B. & G Catal. N. Am. Serp. 1853, 97.— Girard, Herp. U. S. Ex. Ex. 1853, 127; pi. viii, fig?. 12 — 19. 



Sp. Ch. — Stouter than B. ftaviventris. Breadth of head across superciliaries equal to half the interval between tip of rostral 

 and posterior end of occipitala. Lower postorbital in notch between the fourth and fifth labials. Olive-brown above, greeuiah 

 white beneath. 



No. 1765. Pit river valley, California. 1785. Klamath Lake, Oregon. Dr. Newberry. 



DIADOPHIS PULCHELLUS, B. & G. 



Diadophis pvlchcUus, B. & G. Catal. N. Am. Serp. 1853, 115. 



Spko. Char. — Body above uniform dark greenish brown; beneath orange with small black spots scattered irregularly ,iU over 

 from head to tail; these spots sometimes absent. Color of abdomen extending upon lateral dorsal scales. Occipital ring 

 broad. Dorsal scales in 15 rows. 



No. 2071. California. Dr. Newberry. 



WENONA PLUMBEA, B. & G. 



Wennna ptumbea, B. & G. Pr. A. N. Sc. VI, 1852, 176.— Ib. Catal. N. A. Serp. 1653, 139.— Girard, Herp. U. S. Ex. 

 Ex, 1858, 112: pi. vii, figs. 1—7. 



