40 COLUBRID. 
Coluber pantherinus, Dawd, 1. ¢, p.318. 
floridanus, Hari. ll. ce. pp. 360, 124. 
Scotophis guttatus, Baird § Gir. Cat. N. Am. Rept. p. 78 (1853) ; 
Bocow't, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 678, pl. xlvi. tig. 4 (1888). 
emoryi, Baird § Gir. l. ec. p. 157; Kennicott, Rep. U.S, Mev. 
Bound. Surv. ii., Rept. p. 19, pl. xii. (1859). 
Elaphis guttatus, Dum. § Dibr. vii. p. 273 (1854) ; Jan, Icon. Gén. 
21, pl. vi, (1867) ; Garm. N. Am. Rept. p. 55, pl. iv. tig. 1 (1883) ; 
H. Garm, Bull. Iltin. Lab, iii, 1892, p. 292. 
rubriceps, Dum. § Bibr. t. e. p. 270. 
Coluber guttatus, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 89 (1858). 
Scotophis calligaster, Kennecott, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1859, p. 98. 
Coluber rhinomegas, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 255. 
Flaphis alleghaniensis, part., Jan, J. c. 24, pl. ii. fig. 2. 
Coluber émoryi, Cope, Check-List N. Am. Rept. p. 39 (1875). 
? Coluber bairdi, Yarrow, in Cope, Bull. US. Nat. Mus. no. 17, 1880, 
Al. .: 
Nees emoryi, Cope, Bull. US. Nat. Mus. no. 32, 1887, p. 71. 
Coluber guttatus sellatus, Cope, Proce. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. 1888, 
p- 387. 
Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals 
broader than long, much shorter than the preetrontals ; frontal once 
and a half to once and two thirds as long as broad, as long as its 
distance from the rostral or the end of the snout, shorter than the 
parietals; loreal longer than deep; one pre-and two or three post- 
oculars; temporals 2 or 3438 or 4; eight upper labials, fourth and 
fifth entering the eye; four or five lower labials in contact with the 
anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or a little longer than 
the posterior. Scales in 25 to 29 (rarely 31) rows; dorsals very 
feebly keeled, Ventrals not or but very obtusely angulate laterally, 
200-239; anal divided; subcaudals 60-88. Yellowish or pale 
brown above, with a dorsal series of large, brown or red, black- 
edged spots, and an alternating lateral series of smaller spots; a 
curved dark band from eye to eye across the prefrontals, continued 
behind the eye to the angle of the mouth; a f} or Q-shaped 
marking from the frontal shield to the nape; labials usually with 
black sutures or spots; belly yellow, with large squarish black 
blotches. 
Total length 1040 millim.; tail 160. 
United States east of the Rocky Mountains; North Mexico. 
A. 25 to 40 dorsal spots from the nape to the base of the tail; 
labials with black sutures. (C. guttatus, L.) 
a. 9 (Sc. 25; V. 234; N. America. E. Doubleday, Esq. [P.]. 
C. 67). 
b. Yg. (Sc. 27; V. 281; New York. 
C. 67) 
ce. o (Se. 27; V. 207; Tennessee. Christiania Museum. 
C, 65). 
d. 3 (Se. 27; V. 220; Marion Co., Flo- A. Erwin Brown, Esq. 
Or 71) rida, ‘ 
e. Skull. Charleston. 
