60. CoLUBER. 49 
B. Uniform brown above, yellowish beneath, the caudal shields 
edged with brown. 
eed (Y...216>_C. 76): Seoul, Corea. C.'W. Campbell, Esq. [P.}. 
21. Coluber vulpinus. 
Scotophis vulpinus, Baird § Gir. Cat. N. Am, Rept. p. 75 (1853), 
and Rep. Explor. Surv. R. Miss. R. x. pl. xxix. fig. 51 (1859) ; 
Huy, Batr. § Rept. Indiana, p. 90 (1893). 
Coluber vulpinus, Cope, Check-List N. Am. Rept. p. 39 (1875). 
Elaphis guttatus, var. vulpinus, Garm. N. Am. Rept. p. 56 (1883). 
Eye rather small. Rostral broader than deep, the portion visible 
from above measuring one third its distance from the frontal ; inter- 
nasals broader than long, much shorter than the preefrontals ; frontal 
nearly as long as broad, as long as its distance from the rostral, shorter 
than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ; one pre- and two post- 
oculars; temporals 2+3,; eight upper labials,- fourth and fifth 
entering the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 
25 (rarely 23 or 27) rows, dorsals feebly but very distinctly keeled. 
Ventrals 200-234; anal divided; subcaudals 67-85. Yellowish 
brown above, with a dorsal series of large chestnut-brown black- 
edged spots and an alternating lateral series of smaller spots ; head 
with indistinct dark markings ; two dark stripes along the occiput 
and nape; lower parts yellowish, checkered with black. : 
Total length 960 millim. 
Northern United States east of the Rocky Mountains (Minnesota, 
Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana). 
@. © (V. 207; C-?). Wisconsin. Smithsonian Institution [P. |. 
22. Coluber letus. 
Scotophis letus, Baird § Gir. Cat. N. Am. Rept. p. 77, and in 
Marcy's Rep. Red Riv, p. 227, pl. vi. (1858). 
confinis, Baird § Gir. Cat. p. 76. 
? Coluber rosaceus, Cope, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. 1888, p. 388, 
pl. xxxvi. fig. 3. 
Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals 
much shorter than the prefrontals; frontal a little longer than 
broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 
than the parietals; loreal a little longer than deep; one pre- and 
two postoculars ; temporals 2+3; eight upper labials, fourth and 
fifth entering the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior. Scales smooth or 
faintly keeled, in 25 to 29 rows. Ventrals obtusely angulate 
laterally, 220-240; anal divided; subcaudals 72-81. Above with 
a series of large squarish brown black-edged blotches, separated by 
brownish-white or grey interspaces; two alternating lateral series 
of small spots on each side; a brown band across the end of the 
snout, another from one angle of the mouth to the other, passing 
through the eyes and across the forehead; a brown spot below the 
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