388 



COLUBEID.?:. 



B. Olive or brown above, yellow or pale olive inferiorly. 

 {C. Jlaviventris.) 



a,b-c. 2 (V.183; C.87) 

 & vg. (V. 177, 179 ; C. 

 80; 93). 



d. S (V. 171 ; C. 80). 



e. 2 (V. 178; C. 84). 

 /. Yg. (V. 180; C. ?). 



g,h. 6 (V. 160; C?) & 

 $ (V. 165 ; C. 87). 



i-k. S (V. 170; C. 95) 

 & $ (V. 178; C. ?). 



I $ (V. 173; C. 81). 



m. Yg. (V. 172 ; C. 93). 



n. Yg. (V. 869; C. 84). 

 0. $ (V. 163 ; C. 82). 



p-q. c? (V. 180 ; C. 104) 

 & $ (V. 170 ; C. 84).' 

 r. Yg. (V. 161 ; C. ?). 



Bloomington, In- C. Bollman, Esq. [C,]. 

 diana. 



Kansas. 

 Kansas. 

 Delaware. 



Texas. 



British Columbia. 



Smithsonian Inst. [P.]. 



E. Doubleday, Esq. 



[P.]. 



J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



Oregon. Smithsonian Inst. [P.]. 



Sierra Nevada, Cali- Mr. Gruber [C.]. 



fornia. 

 Monterey, California. 

 Camp Taylor, Marin Prof. C. Eigenmann 



Co., California. [C.]. 



Mexico. 



Mexico. 



Mr. II. Finck [C.]. 



6. Zamenis lineatus. 



Bascanion lineatus, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Re-pt. p. 700, pi, xlviii. 

 fig. 1 (1890). 



Snout moderately prominent ; eye a little larger than in Z. con- 

 strictor, llostral as deep as broad or a little broader, the portion 

 visible from above measuring one third to one half its distance from 

 the frontal ; internasals shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal once 

 and two thirds to twice as long as broad, a little broader than the 

 supraocular, as long as or a little longer than its distance from the 

 end of the snout, nearly as long as the parietals ; lorcal considerably 

 longer than deep ; one prffiocular, with a small subocular below it ; 

 two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 3 + 3; eight upper labials, 

 fourth and fifth entering the eye ; four or five lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields as 

 long as, or a little longer than, the anterior, and separated from 

 each other by scales. Scales smooth, in 17 rows. Ventrals 

 obtusely angulate laterally, 184-197; anal divided; subcaudals 

 110-128. Pale brown or pale olive above, each scale with a small 

 black apical spot ; young with yellowish, black-edged markings on 

 the occiput and nape ; belly uniform yellow. 



Total length 1850 millim. ; tail 450. 



Western Mexico. 



a-c,d. S (V. 188, 188;- 

 C. 115,?), $(V. 184; 

 C.110),& vg. (V. 184; 

 C. 115). 



Presidio, nr. Mazatlan. Mr. A. Forrer [C.]. 



