192 KEPTILIA: OHUDIA. — XXYIII. 



scales 17: V. P. 110 to 130. L. 10. Va. to Wis. and Texas. 

 (Lat.. narrowly striped.) 



274. STORERIA Baird & Girard. (To Dr. David Humphreys 



IStorer). 



539. S. occipitomaculata (Storer). Red-bellied Snake. 

 Greyish or chestnut brown, usually showing a paler vertebral band 

 bordered by blackish dots; obscure dots on side; occiput with 

 three pale blotches (a very constant feature); belly salmon red; 

 scales 15; V. P. 120 to 125. L. 12. Minn, to Mass. and Ga. ; 

 abundant E. (Lat., occiput-spotted.) 



540. S. dekayi (Holbrook). Grayish brown ; a clay-colored 

 dorsal band. 1 (ordered by dotted lines ; grayish below ; a dark patch 

 on each side of the occiput ; scales 17; V. P. 120 to 138. L. 12. 

 E. U. S , W. to Rocky Mts. (To James E. DeKay.) 



275. TROPIDOCLONIUM Cope, (rporns, keel ; kXcdvIov, a 



small twig.) 



541. T. kirtlandi (Kennicott). Light reddish brown, with 4 

 series of round black spots ; belly reddish with a row of black 

 spots on each side ; head shining black ; head small ; vertical 

 plate broad; scales 19, all carinated ; V. P. 115 to 140. L. 16. 

 Ohio to 111. (To Dr. Jared P. Kirtland.) 



276. EUTAINIA Baird & Girard. Gartek Snakes. 

 (ev, well ; raivia, ribbon.) 



a. Lateral stripe on 3d and 4th rows of scales. 

 6. Scales little or not spotted, in nineteen rows; a dorsal band; body very- 

 slender. 

 c. Stripes alike in color. 



542. E. saurita (L.). Riband Snake. Chocolate with three 

 vellow stripes ; light brown below the lateral stripes ; tail usually 

 3i in length; colors bright; V. P. 150 to 160. L. 36. E. U. S., 

 chiefly E. of the Alleghanies, about streams. (Lat.. lizard-like.) 



543. E. faireyi Baird & Girard. Blackish, with three greenish 

 yellow stripes ; body relatively stout ; tail less than \ length ; space 

 below bands same color as above; V. P. 165 to 180. L. 30. Wis. 

 to La. (To James Fairie.) 



cc. Stripes not uniform in color. 



544. E. proxima (Say). Blackish, dorsal stripe brownish yel- 

 low; lateral stripes greenish ; tail f of total lengtb : sides colored 

 like back; V. P. 165 to 175. L. 35. Wis. to Mexico. (Lat., 

 near.) 



bb. Scales above and below lateral line with subquadrate black spots. 



