192 KKITILIA: OI'IIIDI.V. — XXVIII. 



ecales 17; V. T. 110 to 130. L. 10. V:i. to Wis. and Texas. 

 (I. at., narrowly .stripi'd.) 



274. STORERIA I'.aird & Gir.ard. (To Dr. David lliiiiiphreys 

 ZjjJUa^. ' - 2. '^-«-*-^ A^^gydoX^ .Storer). 



.'i.lO. S. occipitomaculata (Storer). Ri:n-nKi.MKr> Snakk. 



(Jrt'visli or chcslnut iirowii, usually sliowinj^ a paler vertebral liaii 1 



bordered by blackish dots; obscure dot."* on side; occiput with 



three pale blotches (a very constant feature); belly salniou icd; 



s<:des \r>; V. P. 120 to 125. L. 12. Minn, to Mass, and Ga ; 



abundant E. (Lat., occiput-spotted.) 

 cx^^aXoa^ 1 ,')40. S. dekayi (Ilolbrook). (Irayi.sh brown; a clay-<"olnre<l 

 i^ ^^^^iforsiil band, bordcreil by dotted lines ; ;L;rayish lielow ; a dark patch 



on each side of the occiput ; scaUs 17; \'. 1'. 120 to 138. L. 12. 



E. I'. S , W. to Kocky Mts. (To .James E. DeKay.) 



275. CIjONOPHIS Cope. (kXwi/i'ov, a small twiu' ; o0ir, snake.) 



541. C. kirtlandi (Kennicott). Light reddish brown, with 4 

 series of round black spots; belly reddish with a row of black 

 spots on each side; head shiniiij; black; head small; vertical 

 plate broad ; scales 19, all cariuated ; V. 1'. 115 to 140. L. IG. 

 Ohio to 111. (To Dr. Jared P. Kirtland.) 



276. THAMNOPHIS Fitziiij^er. Gaktkr Snakes. 

 {ddfivos, thicket.) (Eutainia B. & G.) 



o. 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. T. sauritus (L.). Rin.ANO Snakk. Chocolate with three 

 yellow stripes ; li;^ht brown below the lateral stripes ; tail usually 

 3}f in lenjrth ; colors bri^dit ; V. P. 150 to 160. L. 3G. E. V. S., 

 chiefly E. of the Alleghanies, about streams. (Lat., lizard-like.) 



543. T. faireyi (Baird & Girard). Blackish, with three trreonish 

 yellow stripes ; body relatively stout; tail less than J length ; space 

 below bands same color as above ; V. P. IC>5 to 180. L. 30. Wis. 

 to La. (This is identical with T. sauritus.) 



cc. Stripes not nniforni in color. 



644. T. proximua (Say). Blackish, dorsal stripe brownish yel- 

 low ; lateral stripes greenish; tail i of total len<jtli; sides colored 

 like back; V. P. 165 to 175. L. 35. Wis. to Mexico. (Lat., 

 near. ) 



bb. Scales above and b<'luw lateral line with siibquadratc black sputa. 



