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Total length of an example from Cobden, 9.62; tail, 1.68. 

 Southern Illinois. Not uncommon. Mt. Carmel (Ridg- 

 way), Cobden, Dug Hill, Union county. 

 Occurs under logs in the woods. 



Carphophis amoenus, Say. Ground Snake. 

 Var. amoenus. 



Coluber amosnns, Say, Jour. Acad. Nat. iSci. Phila., 1825, IV., p. 



237.— Storer, Best. Jour. Nat. Hist., 1840, III., p. 28. 

 B in fliyor rlios amoitiufi, YLoVox., N. A. Herp., 1842, III., p. 11.5' 



pi. 27. 

 Celuta amoena, Bd. and Gir., Cat. N. A. Kept., Pt. I., 1853, p. 129. 

 fUirphojJliis ainuina, Dum. et Bibr., Erp. G6n., VII., 1854, p. 131. — 



Allen, Proc. Best. See. Nat. Hist., 1869, p. 182. 

 Carpho2Jhio2XS amoenus, Davis and Rice, Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. 



Hist., I., No. 5, 1883, p. 31; Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci., 1883. 

 fUirjjliophis amoena, 8. Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. ZooL, 1883, 



pp. 100, 167, pi. 7, fig. 1. 



Var. vermis. 



Celuta vermis, Kenn., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, p. 99. 

 CarpJiophiojJS vermis, Davis and Rice, Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. 



Hist., 1., No. 5, 1883, p. 31; Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci., 1S83. 

 Carphophis am€eiia,\a,v. vermis, S. Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. 



Zool., 1883, pp. 101, 167. 



Small, cylindrical. Head small, not wider than the neck. 

 Tail of moderate length, terminating in a point. Rostral wide. 

 Internasals present. Prefrontals forming part of the anterior 

 rim of the orbits. One nasal. Loreal large, elongate, reaching 

 the eye. No anteorbitals. One postorbital. Supraciliaries 

 very small. Supralabials five, the fifth largest. Infralabials 

 six, third largest. Dorsal scales in thirteen rows, all smooth 

 and shining, Ventrals 112-131. Subcaudals 24-36 pairs. 



Lustrous brown or black above. Flesh-color beneath. 



Reaches a length of about 12 inches, with the tail 1.50. 



Occurs throughout the State. Not common. Cook Co. 

 (Kennicott), Mt. Carmel (Ridgsvay). 



Variety amoenus. 



Brown above. Outer row of dorsal scales and ventral 

 surface, flesh-color. 



