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high ventral and caudal counts, most readily be referred to 

 this form. The Henry specimen was found under a piece of 

 loose bark in a very small opening in a wet, grassy marsh or 

 meadow. It escaped into the grass, but was taken on the next 

 day beside a log within three or four feet of the same place. 



Locality Ventrals Caudals 



Austin Lake.. 175 116 



Henry 169 129 



Tantilla coronata Baird and Girard. — The scutellation of 

 the two specimens found, one at Camden and one at Henry, 

 seems to be typical: scale rows, 15; upper labials, 7; lower 

 labials, 6 ; preoculars, i ; postoculars, 2. The coloration differs 

 a little. The specimen from Henry has the light collar involv- 

 ing the tips of the parietals and half of the first dorsal scales ; 

 this is followed by a black half collar two scales wide and 

 preceded by a mixture of black and brown becoming lighter 

 on the snout. The Camden specimen has a narrower light col- 

 lar, succeeded by a black band four scales wide, and the top 

 of the head is entirely black. 



The specimen from Henry was found under the boards of 

 a small fallen shed in a small clearing on a wooded slope. 



The characteristics not given above are as follows : 



Tail diznded 



Locality Ventrals Caudals Length by length . Sex 



Camden 137 46 233 0.199 Male 



Henry 143 44 324 0.185 Female 



