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slugs in three; undetermined snails in two; and undetermined insect 

 larvae in t\\^o." Atkinson (1901, 148) states that "The stomachs 

 of several specimens contained earthworms and beetles." Holbrook 

 (1842, IV, 54) states that it feeds on "various insects." 



Range: The species has been reported from; Grosse Isle (Baird 

 and Girard, 1853, 135, 13G; Cope, 1900, 1002), Michigan (Miles, 

 1861, 233; Holbrook, 1842, lY, 54), Ann Arbor (Smith, 1879, 7), 

 Port Huron (Cope, 1900, 1003), Eaton County (Clark, 1902, 194), 

 Ann Arbor, Olivet, and Antrim, Kalamazoo and Montcalm Coun- 

 ties (Clark, 1905, 109), sand region of Huron County, from Sand 

 Point to Port Austin (Ruthven, 1911a, 20G-2G7). Specimens from 

 the following localities have been examined : Ann Arbor, Portage 

 Lake, Pittsfield, Ypsilanti, Delhi, Washtenaw County, Iosco, Liv- 

 ingston County, Pontiac and Orchard Lake, Oakland County, Port 

 Huron, St, Clair County, Lenawee County, sand region from Sand 

 Point to Port Austin, Huron Couijty, and Alma, Gratiot County. 



STORERIA OCCIPITOMACULATA (Storer). 



RED-BELLIED SNAKE. 



Storeria occipitomaculata, Smith, 1879, 7. Clark, 1905, 109. Xote- 

 stein, 1905, 114. Ruthven, 1904a, 189-191; 1906, 110; 1909, 

 332; 1911a, 267; Miles, 1861, 233. 



Description: A small snake attaining a length of about ten 

 inches. Head small. Muzzle short. Cephalic plates normal. Ros- 

 tral normal. Sides of head high. First temporal large, those in the 

 second row tending to fuse into a single plate. Loreal fused with 

 posterior nasal. Nostril lateral. 



Dorsal scales in 15 rows throughout the length of the body. 

 Supralabials usually 6, rarely 5; infralabials usually 7, occasionally 

 6, rarely 5 or 8. Oculars generally 2-2, rarely 3 preoculars or 1 or 3 

 postoculars. Ventrals 115-127; subcaudals 39-48. Anal plate 

 divided. 



Color above variable; usually a chestnut-brown, it may be light 

 or dark gray or nearly black. A paler vertebral band margined on 

 either side by a row of black spots or a dark chestnut band usually, 

 but not always, present. First row of scales occasionally dark 

 chestnut or nearly black, so that four dark bands are frequently 

 present. Belly margined on either side by a band of gray speckled 

 with black, the median portion red. Three (a dorsal and two 

 lateral) yellow spots just behind the head, frequently obscure. 

 Young when born uniformly very dark brown or black above, the 

 nuchal spots conspicuous and the belly pink. 



