856 13. COLUBRIDE 
Eutenia rufopunctata Core, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XIV, 1892, 
p- 666; Cope, Report U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1898, 1900, p. 1089; 
Brown, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1901, p. 31; Dirmars, Reptile 
Book, 1907, p. 240. 
Thamnophis angustirostris RurHven, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 61, 
p- 120; Van DensurcH & Stevin, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 
Vol. III, p. 422; Sreywecer & Barpour, Check List N. Amer. 
Amph. Rept., 1917, p. 100; Van DensurcH & Stevin, Proc. Cal. 
Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. VIII, 1918, p. 264. 
Description.—-Head distinct from neck, flat-topped, with 
very narrow, elongate, rounded snout. Eye of moderate 
size. Rostral large, bounded behind by internasal, anterior 
nasal, and first labial plates. Plates on top of head: a pair 
of internasals, a pair of prefrontals, supraocular of each side, 
a frontal, and a pair of parietals. Anterior and posterior 
nasals distinct. One loreal. Two or rarely three preoculars 
and three or four postoculars. Temporals normally one 
followed by one, sometimes 1+2. Eight, or rarely seven 
or nine, superior and 10, or nine, inferior labials, fifth or 
sixth superior and sixth or seventh inferior usually largest, 
fourth or fifth or fourth and fifth superior usually reaching 
eye, first pair of inferior meeting on median line. Two 
pairs of genials, posterior equal to or longer than anterior. 
Scales on body in 21 or rarely 23 rows. Anal plate undivided. 
Gastrosteges varying in number from 161 to 177, males 
having from 165 to 177, females from 161 to 170. Uro- 
steges in two series of from 69 to 87, males having from 80 
to 87, females from 69 to 82; the anterior urosteges often 
undivided. 
The color above is dark olive or brown with several rows 
of dark brown spots. These spots are very distinct in young 
specimens but become less evident with age. There usually 
are no longitudinal light lines, but lateral lines may show 
faintly on the second and third rows of scales and a trace 
of the dorsal line may be present anteriorly. The head is 
