83. COROXKLLA. 207 



and fifth entering the eve ; five lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Sc.ilo 

 in 15 rows. Vcntrals 136-160; anal divided ; subcaudals M'i '>:.'. 

 Dark grey above, with the upper lip and a nuchal collar yellow and 

 Mark-' ;_- ! : yellow or orange inferiorly, each ventral with a small 

 Mack spot at its outer extremity. 



Total length 360 millim. ; tail 65. 



North America, east of the Rocky Mountains ; Mexico. 



A. A median row of black spots along the belly. 



a b. (V. 151; C. 42) & Raleigh, N. Caro- Messrs. Brimley [C.I. 

 li-r. <Y. 14!> ; C. 41). lina. 



c. j (Y.I .V) ; ( \Vi-consin. hristiania Museum. 



d. $ (V. 151 ; C. 40). United States. 



e. $ (V. 149; C. 41). Mexico. (Type of A. occipitalii.) 



B. No black spots along the middle of the belly. 



/. 3 (V. 158 : C. 50). Nova Scotia. J. M. Jones, Esq. [P.]. 



g. Yg. (V. 146 ; C. 62). Chippeway, 



Canada. 

 h. Yg. (V. 159 ; C. 51). Delaware. E. Doubleday, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 i. $ (V. 160; C. 47). Bloomington, In- C. JJollman, Esq. [C.]. 



diana. 

 A-. J (V. 155 ; C. 58). Kansas. 



17. Coronella amabilis. 



Diadophis amabilis, Baird $ Gir. Cat. N. Am. Kept. p. 113 0853), 



and Rep. U.S. Surv. R. R. x. pt. iii. pi. xxxiii. fig. 83 (1850) ; 



Cope, Proc. T7.S. Nat. Mm. xiv. 1892, p. 615. 



docilis, Baird fy Gir. U. cc. p. 114, fi<r. 84. 



pulchellus, Baird fy Gir. U. cc. p. 115, fig. 85; Cooper, Rep. 



U.S. Surv. R. R. xii. pt. ii. p. 302 (1860). 

 - punctatus, var. stictogenys, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, 



p. 250. 

 texensh, Kennicott, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 328. 



punctatus, var. amabilis, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, 

 ].. -J()5, and Icon. Gen. 15, pi. vi. fig. 4 (186(5) ; Garni. .V. Am. 

 Rept. p. 1 o9 (1883) ; Bocourt, Mis*. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 620 (1886) : 

 II. (inrm. Hull, lllin. Lab. iii. 1892, p. 300. 



punctatus, var. docilis, Jan, U. cc. fig. 2; Garm. I. c. p. 7i': 



Bocourt, I. c. p. 619. 



punctatus, var. pulchellus, Jan, tt. cc. fig. 3 ; Cope, Proc. Ac. 

 J'htlad. 1883, p. 27 ; Socourt, I. c. p. 620. 



Differs from the preceding in the more elongate body, the ven- 

 trals numbering 182 to 21 0, and the subcaudals 53 to 63. Dark grey 

 or blackish above, with a yellow nuchal collar ; belly and the scales 

 of the outer row orange, usually with numerous round black spots. 



Total length 470 millim. ; tail 80. 



United States west of the Mississippi. 



