10. TROPIDONOTUS, 213 
ge l. ii. fig. 1 (1868) ; Garm. N. Am. Rept. p. 23, pl. iii. 
fig. 2 (1853). 
Tropidonotus proximus, Boie, l. c.; Hallow. in Sitgreave’s Exped. Zuni 
& Color. R. p. 134, l. xviii. (1853). 
Leptophis ee olbr. N. Am. Herp P aay. iy. (1842) ; 
N.Y. Fe Son oe 2 47 pu te A. 
Eutainia’ saurita, Baird § Gir. Cat. N. Am. Rept. p, 24 pit 
, Wheeler's Rep. lor. Surv. W. 100th Mer. v. p. 545 
(1 5); H. Garm. Bull. lliin, Lab. iii. 1892, p. 264. 
— faireyi, Baird § Gir. l. ¢. p. 25; Cooper, . US. Explor. 
Surv. R. R. xii. pt. ii. p. 299, Is. xiii. & xvi. (1 ); Cope, Le, 
and Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 17, p. 23 (1880). 
—— proxima, Baird § Gir. 1. ¢., at in Marcy's y Red Riv. 
p- 220, pl. ii. (1853); Wied, N. ‘Acta Ac. Leop. Carol, xxxii. i. 1865, 
p- 90; Cope, Wheeler's Rep. v. p. 545, and Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 
no. 17, p. 23, and Proc. “S. Nat, Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 650. 
—— sackenii, Kennicott, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1859, p- 98; Cope, 
Wheeler's Rep. v. p. 545, and Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. 1889, 3U3. 
Euteenia rutiloris, Cope, Proc, Am. Philos. Soc. xxii, 1885, p. 
Thamnophis proxima, Garm. Bull, Essex Inst. xxiv. 1892, p- 105. 
Form slender. Eye rather large. Rostral broader than deep, 
visible from above ; internasals as long as broad, as long as or a 
little shorter than the prefrontals; frontal once and a half to once 
and two thirds as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end 
of the snout, as long as or a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal 
about as long as deep; one pre-and three (rarely four) postoculars ; 
temporals 1+2 or 1+3; eight (rarely seven) upper labials, fourth 
and fifth (or third and fourth) entering the eye; five lower labials 
in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than 
the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, all strongly keeled. Ventrals 
144-178; anal entiré; subcaudals 86-127. Dark olive or dark 
brown above, with three more or less distinct yellow, pale green, or 
orange stripes, the laterals on the third and fourth series of scales ; 
usually a pair of light dots close together on the suture between the 
parietal shields ; upper lip and lower parts greenish white. 
Total length 730 millim. ; tail 230. 
North America east of the Rocky Mountains ; Mexico. 
a-b. g (V. 167; C.109) Bloomington, In- _C. Bollman, Esq. [C.). 
& 9 (V. 157; C. 127). diana. 
cd, 3 (V. 165,171; C. ‘Kansas. 
ed ay, 158; C. ?). Lake Kerr, Florida, A. FswiffBrown, Eo. 
i. ¢ (V.170,173; C.?, New Orleans, wi. Sails [C.}. 
“T12), 2(V. 175 C. 107), 
& yg.(V.173; 111). 
k. go (V.171; é 114). Louisiana. Smithsonian = Ps 
; (As £. fairey 
i Yg. (V. 169; C. 96). Duval Co., Texas. W. Taylor, Esq. tp 
m, 2. Q W. 166,167; C. Texas. 
P) 
Legh 
4 V. 171; C. 108). Matamoras, Mexico, REE: Inst. Vets 
ae ‘v - 149; C. ?). Atoyac R.,Guerrero, Mr. H. Smi 
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