208 
COLUBRID &. 
a. 3d (V.194; C. 59). San Diego, Cali- Prof. C. Eigenmann 
fornia. 
[C.]. 
b. 2 (V. 210; C. 58). San Bernardino, Hr. A. Forrer([C.]. 
California. 
c. Her. (V. 195; C. 54). Santa Cruz, Cali- Hr. A. Forrer [C.]}. 
fornia. 
d. 2 (V. 205; C. 62). Upper Sacramento Mr. Gruber [C.]. 
River Valley. 
e. d (V. 196; C. 63). California. Lord Walsingham [P.]. 
een (V. 198 ;°Oxba). California. Christiania Museum. 
18. Coronella regalis. 
Diadophis regalis, Bard § Gir. Cat. N. Am. Rept. p. 115 (1853), 
and Rep. U.S. Surv. R. R. x. pt. iii, pl. xxxiii. fer, 86 (1859), 
and Rep. U.S. Mex, Bound. Surv. ii. Rept. pl. xix. fig. 2 (1859) ; 
Gam. N. Am. Rept. p. 73 (1883); Cope, Proc. Ac. Pee 1883, 
p- 12, and Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 615. 
arnyi, Kennicott, Proc. Ac. Phitad, 1859, p. 99. 
? Diadophis docilis, BRGUNES in Baird, Rep. U.S. Mex. Boe 
Surv. ii. Rept. p. 22, pl. xxi. fig. 3 (1859). 
Diadophis punctatus, var. arnyl, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, 
p. 265, and Icon. Gén. 15, pl. vi. fic. 5 (1866); Bocourt, Miss. Se. 
Mex. , Rept. p. 622 (1886) ; v2 & Gin: Bull, Illin. Lab. i. 1892, 
302. 
es punctatus, var. letus, Jan, Ul. ce. fig. 6; Bocourt, 1. c. p. 622, 
pl. xl. fig. 4. 
Liophis (Diadophis) arnyi, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) i. 1868, 
Diadophis punctatus, var. dougesii, Villada, La Naturaleza, iii. 1875, 
p- 226, pl. —. 
punctatus, vars. modestus e¢ regalis, Bocowt, 1. c. p. 623. 
texensis, Garm. Bull, Essex Inst. xix. 1888, p. 127. 
Liophis regalis, Giinth. Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. 108 (1893). 
letus, Giinth, 1. ¢. 
Distinguished from C. punctata and C. amabilis by having 17 
rows of scales. Ventrals 183 to 237; subcaudals 56 to 77. Tem- 
porals 14+1 or 142. Olive-brown, bluish grey, or blackish above, 
with or without a yellow nuchal collar; belly yellow or orange, 
with numerous black spots. 
t 
F 
otal length 490 millim. ; tail 100. 
rom Illinois and Kansas to Mexico. 
a. 3 (V. 183; C. 56). City of Mexico. Mr. Doorman [C.]. 
89. HYPSIGLENA. 
Hypsiglena, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 246, and Proc. U.S. Nat 
Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 617. 
Pseudodipsas, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 521. 
Comastes, Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 102 (1863). 
Maxillary teeth 12 to 16, the two posterior strongly enlarged 
and 
separated from the rest by an interspace; mandipular teeth 
