496 



SIFEDON. 

 Coluber Sipedon. Un. Syst. Nat. p. 379- 



NATIVE of North America: observed by Kalm: 

 colour entirely black, or deep brown : abdominal 

 scuta 144, subcaudal scales 73. 



RED-SPOTTED SXAKE. 



Coluber Coccineus. C.niger, dorso Jlavo maculis rubris, abdo- 



mine pallido. 

 Black Snake, with yellow back spotted with red, and pale 



abdomen. 



Coluber coccincus. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1097. 

 Abdominal scuta 175, subcaudal scales 3.5, 



LENGTH from two to tbree feet or more : habit 

 rather slender : head small : ground-colour black, 

 with about twenty-three bright red ovate or ob- 

 tusely square spots along the back ; the spaces be- 

 tween being yellow : belly pale : native of South 

 America. 



