COLUBRID. — CX. 191 
me. V. Pr. about 150; striped. . . ... » . « « » « Reena, 277. 
hhh. Scales 23 to 29. 
1, Snout without recurved keel at tip. 
m. V. P. 130 to160; brownish, usually with cross blotches. 
TROPIDONOTUS, 278. 
mm. V.P. 200 to 240; brown or black, mostly blotched. CoLuser, 279. 
il. Snout recurved and keeled; V. P. 125 to 150. HETERODON, 288. 
269. CARPHOPHIOPS Gervais. (kdpdos, dry twig; dqus, snake ; 
ow, appearance.) 
a. Frontals, two pairs. 
531. C. amoenus (Say). Grounp Snake. Glossy chestnut 
brown; belly salmon-red ; head very small; vertical plate broad; 
scales 13; V. P.112 to 131. L.12. Mass. to Ill. and S. (Lat., 
pleasing.) 
532. C. vermis (Kennicott). Worm Snake. Purplish-black, 
belly flesh color, the color extending on sides; scales 13; larger 
than the others. Mo. to Kan. (Lat. worm.) 
aa. Frontals, a single pair. 
533. C. helene (Kennicott). Lustrous chestnut-brown, flesh 
color beneath; snout short and narrow; scales 13. S. Ind. to 
Miss. (To Miss Helen Tennison.) 
270. ABASTOR Gray. (A coined name.) 
534. A. erythrogrammus (Daudin.) “ Hoop SNAKE.” Blue- 
back; sides with three red lines; belly flesh color, with black 
blotches; eyes very large; nostril in the middle of nasal plate; 
Beales 19+ VuP: 167-18.) da25.07 Ne Cs to) S, Te andi. 3-4 
harmless snake concerning which many absurd stories have been 
told. (é€pvOpds, red ; y apn, line.) 
271. VIRGINIA Baird & Girard. 
535. V. valerie Baird & Girard. Grayish, with minute black 
dots, often in two rows; yellowish beneath; scales 15; V. P. 120 
to 130. L.12. Md. to Ill. and S. (To Miss Valeria Blaney.) 
536. V. elegans Kennicott. Scales very narrow and elongate ; 
olivaceous above, yellowish beneath; scales17. S. Ind. to Ark. 
272. PARANCIA Gray. (A coined name.) 
537, F. abacura (Holbrook). Horn Snake. Blue-black with 
red, squarish spots on side; belly red, blotched with black; eyes 
small; scales 19; V. P. 170 to 203. L. 36. S.C. toS. Ill. (Wel- 
son) and 8. (aBa€, checker ; ovod, tail.) 
273. HALDEA Baird & Girard. (To Prof. Samuel 
S. Haldeman ?) 
538. H. striatula (L.). Brown Snake. Head elongated, 
on asmall neck. Eye large. Reddish gray, salmon red beneath; 
