3()f) Illinois State Laboratorij of Natural History. 



Haldba, Bd. and Gir. 



Bd. and Gir., Cat. N. A. Kept., Pt. I., 1853, p. 122. 



Dorsal scales in seventeen rows. Anal plate divided. 

 Rostral normal. One internasal. Two prefrontals. Two na- 

 sals. Loreal elongate, with the prefrontal forming the anterior 

 rim of the orbit. No anteorbitals. One postorbital. Small. 



Haldea striatula, Linn. 



Coluber fitriatulus, Liun., Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1766, I., p. STo.— 

 Harlan, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1827, V., p. 354. 



Calamariastriatula,Uolhv., N. A. Herp., 1842, III., p. 123, pi. 29. 



Haldea striatula, Bd. and Gir., Cat. N. A. Kept., Pt. I., 1853, p. 

 122. 



Cniwee-plialuft striatulu I, Dam. et Bibr., Erp. Gen., VII., 1854, p. 

 140. 



Haldea striatula, Baird,U.S.Pac.R. R.ExpL, 1859, X., Kept., pi. 

 32, fig. 91. - Davis and Rice, Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist.^ 

 I., No. 5, 1883, p. 32; Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci., 1883. 



Virginia striatula, S. Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1883, pp. 

 ' 97, 166, pi. VII., fig. 2. 



Small. Moderately slender. Head scarcely wider than 

 the neck. Tail short. Dorsal scales carinated. Rostral plate 

 narrowed above. But one internasal, subtriangular. Prefron- 

 tals reaching the orbit. Nostril opening in the posterior mar- 

 gin of the anterior nasal plate. Loreal elongate, reaching the 

 orbit. No anteorbitals. A single postorbital. Supralabials 

 six, fifth largest. Dorsal scales in seventeen rows, the outer 

 row of each side obsoletely, the rest distinctly carinate. Ven- 

 trals 119-130. Subcaudals 25-46 pairs. 



Color above grayish or reddish brown. Beneath yellowish 

 or reddish. A light chestnut band across the parietals; some- 

 times wanting. 



Length about 10 inches. 



Southern Illinois. 



This species is reported from Wisconsin and other points 

 to the north of us, and we may therefore look for it anywhere 

 in the State. 



