190 Ki:i'TiLLV: oriiiiJiA. — xxviii. 



olive, with rhomboid black blotches; body slender; eye very large, 

 Scalfs 17 (rarely 1!»). V. i\ 170 to I'M). L. 50 to tJo. K. U. S., 

 eummun Iv and S. (l^at, one that buj^s.) 



283. PITUOPHIS Ilolbrook. (ttItvs, pine-tree; o<f>it, snake.) 



.')(;.). P. melaiioleucus (Daudin). Pi.ve Snake. Bull S.nake. 

 Whitish, with ehestnut l)rn\vn l)lotehes which are marjrined with 

 blaek, besides 3 series of lateral blotches. Si-ales 29. \. I'. '-'20 to 

 2;{0. L. CO. Tine woods; N. J. to Mich, and 8. (fiiXas, ijlack ; 

 XfvKos, white.) 



506. P. sayi (Sehlefjel). Western Pine Snake. Chestnut 

 brown with many orange eross-blotehes and spots; sides nnjttled 

 with black and orange. Scales 25 to 29. V. P. 220 to 245. L. 

 40 to 70. 111. to Kan. and X. W. (To Thomas Say.) 



284. DIADOPHIS Haird and CJirard. {8id, through; 

 o^tf, snake.) 

 5(i7. D. punctatus (L.). Rinc-nkckkd Snake. J^ve rather 

 large. liluc-i)huk above, bright pale orange below (yellowish in 

 spirits) ; each plate usually with a black spot on each side and 

 sometimes a median one ; a very consjiicuoiis yelloAnsh ring about 

 neek, 2 scales wide. Scales 15. V. P. 140 to HU). L. 15. E. 

 U. S. W. to Kan. Kepresente<l W. by var. amabilis Baird & (iirard, 

 slender, with V. P. 180 to 185; below darker and more spotted; 

 scales on sides considerably larger than those on back. W. U. S., 

 E. to Ohio. 



5fi8. D. arnyi Kcnnicott. Lead black; belly spotted and mottled 

 with black; occipital ring narrow, 1^ scales wide. Scales 17. 111. 

 to Ariz. 



285. LAMPROPELTIS Fitzinger. (Xa^Trpdj, shining; ttiXtt;, 



shield.) 



a. Dorsal scales in 21 rows. 

 b. Color chielly black. 



669. L. getulus (L.). Chain Snake. Thunder Snake. 

 Black with narrow yellowish lines forking on the flanks, each fork 

 embracing a large black spot; belly checkered. Scales 21. V. P. 

 210 to 210. L. 50. Va. to La., K. of the mountains; variable. 

 Represented westward by var. sayi (Ilolbrook). KiNi; Snakk. 

 Lustmus bla<'k, many scales with a yellow spot in the centre, these 

 sometimes formiuLC cross-lines on back ; ln'ily lilotched. Alleghany 

 to Kocky Mts., alttmdant, \. to Ills. ; a handsome snake, said to 

 be an enemy of the rattlesnake. 

 bb. Color red or grayish, with dark markings. 



.'■»7o. L. doliatuB (L.). Red .S.vake. Cdrn Snake. Red, 

 with twenty to twenty-live pairs of blaek rings, each set enclosing 



