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27. .(12). Natrix leberis, Linnaeus. 
Queen snake; Yellow-bellied snake. 
Coluber leberis, Linnaeus, Gmelin, Shaw, Daudin. 
Tropidonotus leberis, Holbrook, DeKay, Dumeril and Bibron, 
Gunther. 
Regina leberis, Baird and Girard, 
Coluber septemvittatus, Say, Harlan, Boulenger. 
Length 20 inches. General color above dark brown, with 
three narrow, longitudinal, dorsal, black bands, and a lateral 
yellow band. Abdomen yellowish, with two lateral and two 
medial brown bands. 
Recorded in Conn. 
28. (13). Storeria dekayvi, Holbrook. 
Delays snake. 
Tropidonotus dekayi, Holbrook, DeKay. 
Ischnognathus dekayi, Dumeril and Bibron, Boulenger. 
Tropidonoius ordinatus, Storer. 
Sioreria dexayt, Baird aud Girard, Cope. 
Length i2 inches. General color above grayish brown; a 
dorsal stripe, lighter in color, extends from head to tail, with 
a series of rounded brown dots on each side. Abdomen gray- 
ish white, with one or two black spots near the external edge 
ot each scale. 
Under stones and coilections of leaves. 
R. W. P. Coll., eight specimens. 
29. (14). Storeria occiptomaculata, Storer. 
Spotted-necked snake ; Red-bellied snake. 
Tropidonotus occipitomaculatus, Storer. 
Ischnognathus occipitomaculatus, Gunther, Boulenger. 
Coluber venustus, Hallowell. 
Storeria occipitomaculata, Baird and Girard, Cope. 
Length to inches. General color above grayish to chest- 
nut brown; a lighter colored vertebral line from head to tail, 
with a series of small brown spots on each side. Abdomen red 
or salmon color, with a series of more or less distinct small 
spots on sides. Three light colored blotches just posterior to 
head. 
Recorded in Mass. and Conn. 
30. (15). Haldea striatula, Linnaeus. 
Brown snake. 
Coluber striatulus, Linnaeus, Gmelin, Harlan. 
Calamaria striatula, Schlegel, Holbrook. 
Conocephalus striatulus, Dwmeritl and Bibron. 
Haldea striatula, Baird and Girard, Cope, Boulenger. 
Length 10 inches. Color above reddish gray. Abdomen 
reddish. A narrow, light chestnut band extends across middle 
of occipital, spreading over angle of the mouth, Body slender. 
Recorded in Mass. 

