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7. Coluber eximius. 



Le Triangle, Lacep. Quadr. Ovip. Serp. ii. p. 331. Coluber 

 eximius, Dekay, New York Fauna, Rept. pi. 12. f. 25 ; Harl. 

 Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1827, p. 360, and Med. Phys. Res. 

 1835, p. 123; Storer, Rep. p. 227 ; Holbr. N. Amer. Herpet.m. 

 pi. l5. Coluber guttatus, Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 168, part, descr. 

 Pseudoelaps Y, Berth. Abh. Wiss. Gott. 1843, t. 1. f. 11, 12. 

 Ophibolus eximius and O. elericus, Baird 8f Girard, Catal. pp. 87, 

 88. Ablabes triangulum, Dum. ^ Bibr. p. 315. 



Body and tail rather stout. Scales smooth, in twenty-one 

 rows ; upper labials seven, third and fourth coming into the orbit ; 

 anal entire. Above yellowish grey, with three series of brown 

 rounded blotches, dorsal ones largest ; beneath checkered with 

 black. 



a. Adult. North America. 



b. Half-grown : injured. North America. Presented by Dr. 



Jacob Green. 



c. Young. North America. Presented by Edward Doubleday, 



Esq. 



d. e. Half-grown. New York. Presented by Mr. J. Murray. 

 /. Young. Delaware. Presented by H. Doubleday, Esq. 



g. Young. Delaware. Presented by H. Doubleday, Esq. 

 h. Adult. N. America. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



8. Coluber conspicillatus. 



Coluber conspicillatus, Boie^ Isis, 1826, p. 210 ; Schleg. Ess. 

 ii. p. 171, and Faun. Japon. Rept. pi. 3. Elaphis conspicillatus, 

 Dum. Sf Bibr. p. 285. 



Body and tail moderate, slightly compressed. Scales in 

 twenty-one rows, with very weak keels ; upper labials seven, 

 third and fourth coming into the orbit; anal bifid. Above olive, 

 with short, narrow, black cross bars ; muzzle with a black cross 

 band, a second between the eyes, extending to the lip, and an 

 arrow-shaped mark behind ; belly checkered with black. 



a. Adult. Japan. From the Leyden Museum. 



b. Half-grown. Japan. From the Leyden Museum. 



9. Coluber mandarinus. 



Coluber mandarinus. Cantor, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842, 

 p. 483. 



Body and tail moderate. Scales in twenty-three rows (keels 

 perhaps only in adult specimens conspicuous); upper labials 

 eight, third and fourth coming into the orbit ; anal bifid. Scarlet 



