192 REPTILIA: OPHIDIA. 
XXVIII. 
scales 17; V. P. 110 to 130. L. 10. Va. to Wis. and Texas. 
(Lat., narrowly striped.) 
274. STORERIA Baird & Girard. (To Dr. David Humphreys 
Storer). 
539. S. occipitomaculata (Storer). REp-BELLIED SNAKE. 
Greyish or chestnut brown, usually showing a paler vertebral band 
bordered by blackish dots; obscure dots on side; occiput with 
three pale blotches (a very constant feature); belly salmon red ; 
scales 15; V. P. 120 to 125. L.12. Minn. to Mass. and Ga.; 
abundant E. (Lat., occiput-spotted.) 
540. S. dekayi (Holbrook). Grayish brown; a clay-colored 
dorsal band, bordered by dotted lines ; grayish below; a dark patch 
on each side of the occiput; scales 17; V. P. 120 to 138. L. 12. 
E. U. S., W. to Rocky Mts. (To James E. DeKay.) 
275. TROPIDOCLONIUM Cope. (rpéms, keel ; kXoviov, a 
small twig.) 
541. T. kirtlandi (Kennicott). Light reddish brown, with 4 
series of round black spots; belly reddish with a row of black 
spots on each side; head shining black; head small; vertical 
plate broad; scales 19, all carinated; V. P. 115 to140. L. 16. 
Ohio to Ill. (To Dr. Jared P. Kirtland.) 
276. EUTAINIA Baird & Girard. GARTER SNAKES. 
(ev, well; ravia, ribbon.) 
a. Lateral stripe on 3d and 4th rows of scales. 
b. Scales little or not spotted, in nineteen rows; a dorsal band; body very 
slender. 
c. Stripes alike in color. 
542. BE. saurita (L.). Ripanp Snake. Chocolate with three 
yellow stripes; light brown below the lateral stripes; tail usually 
31 in length; colors bright; V. P. 150 to 160. L. 36. E.U.S., 
chiefly E. of the Alleghanies, about streams. (Lat., lizard-like.) 
543. E. faireyi Baird & Girard. Blackish, with three greenish 
yellow stripes; body relatively stout ; tail less than 4 length; space 
below bands same color as above; V. P. 165 to 180. L.30. Wis. 
to La. (To James Fairie.) 
ec. Stripes not uniform in color. 
544, EB. proxima (Say). Blackish, dorsal stripe brownish yel- 
low ; lateral stripes greenish; tail 2 of total length; sides colored 
like back; V. P. 165 to 175. L.35. Wis. to Mexico. (Lat., 
near. ) 
bb. Scales above and below lateral line with subquadrate black spots. 
