88. CORONELLA. 207 
and fifth entering the eye; five lower labials in contact with the 
anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales 
in 15 rows. Ventrals 136-160; anal divided ; subcaudals 36-62. 
Dark grey above, with the upper lip and a nuchal collar yellow and 
black-edged ; yellow or orange inferiorly, each ventral with a small 
black spot at its outer extremity. 
Total length 360 millim. ; tail 65. 
North America, east of the Rocky Mountains; Mexico. 
A. Amedian row of black spots along the belly. 
a-b. 9 (V. 151; C. 42) & Raleigh, N.Caro- Messrs. Brimley [C.]. 
her. (V. 149; C. 41). lina. 
e. 6 (V. 155; C. 56). Wisconsin. hristiania Museum. 
d. 2 (V. 151; C. 40). United States. 
ee (W149 C. 41). Mexico. (Type of A. occipitalis.) 
B. No black spots along the middle of the belly. 
cd (NeLoss, C00). Nova Scotia. J. M. Jones, Esq. [P.]. 
g. Yg. (V. 146; C. 62). Chippeway, 
Canada. 
heen. 159); C. 51). Delaware. KE. Doubleday, Esq. 
(EP. 
a2 CV. 1605 (Ci 42). Bloomington, In-  C. Bollman, Esq. [C.]. 
diana, 
k. & (V. 155; C. 58). Kansas. 
17. Coronella amabilis. 
Diadophis amabilis, Baird § Gir. Cat. N. Am. Rept. p. 113 (1853), 
and Rep. U.S. Surv. R. R. x. pt. iii. pl. xxxiii. fig. 83 (1859) ; 
Cope, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 615. 
—- docilis, Baird § Gir. Ul. ec. p. 114, fig. 84. 
pulchellus, Baird & Gir. il. ce. p. 115, fig. 85; Cooper, Rep. 
U.S. Surv. R. R. xii. pt. ii. p. 802 (1860). 
— punctatus, var. stictogenys, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, 
. 250. 
P texensis, Kennicott, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 328. 
punctatus, var. amabilis, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, 
p. 265, and Icon, Gén. 15, pl. vi. fig. 4 (1866); Garm. N. Am. 
Rept. p. 159 (1883) ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 620 (1886) ; 
H. Garm. Bull. Illin. Lab. iii. 1892, p. 300. 
punctatus, var. docilis, Jan, il. cc. fig.2; Garm. 1. ¢. p.72; 
Bocourt, l.c. p. 619. 
punctatus, var. pulchellus, Jan, dl. cc. fig.3; Cope, Proce. Ac. 
Philad. 1883, p. 27; Bocourt, l. ce. p. 620. 
Differs from the preceding in the more elongate body, the ven- 
trals numbering 182 to 210, and the subcaudals 53 to 63. Dark grey 
or blackish above, with a yellow nuchal collar ; belly and the scales 
of the outer row orange, usually with numerous round black spots. 
Total length 470 millim.; tail 80. 
United States west of the Mississippi. 
