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21. stREPTOPHORUS. 291 
1. Haldea striatula. 
Coluber striatulus, Linn. S. N. i. p. o76 Oe Daud. Rept. vii. 
. 200 (1808) ; Harlan, Journ, Ac. Philad. y. 1827, p. 364, and 
ed. Phys. Res. p. 117 (1835). 
Calamaria striatula, Schleg. Phys. “1% ii, p. 43 (1837); Holbr. N. 
Am, Herp. iii. p. 123, pl. xxix. (1842). 
sie or us striatulus, Dum. §& Bibr. Mém. Ae. Se. xxiii. 1853, 
p. 442, and Erp. Gén. vii. p. 140 (1854) ; Giinth, Cat. p. 17 (1858) ; 
— Icon. ee el pl. iii. fig. 1 (1865); Bocourt, sage 
CL., t. p. 541,pl. xxxii. fig. 5 (1883); Bouleng. . . 
Rept. ay (1800) 
Haldea striatula, Baird § Gir. Cat. N. Am. Rept. p. 122 (1858); 
H. Garm. Bull. Illin. Lab. iii. 1892, p. 306. 
Falconeria bengalensis, Theob. Cat. t. As. Soc. Mus. p. 44 (1868), 
— Cat. ac Brit. Ind. P. 145 (1876). 2 (1888) 
irginia stria Garm. N. Am. t. p. 97, pl. vii. fig. 2 ( ’ 
Potamophis striatula, Garm. Dull Boose Toe. ln 1682, p- 105, 
P Potamophis inornatus, Garm. 1. ¢. 
Snout obtusely pointed. Rostral small, nearly as deep as broad ; 
internasal small, nearly twice as broad as long ; frontal about once 
and a half as long as broad, as long as or a little longer than its 
distance from the end of the snout; loreal at least three times as 
long as deep; one postocular; temporals 1+1 or 142; five (or 
four) upper labials, third and fourth (or second and third) entering 
the eye; four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields, which are much longer than the posterior. Scales keeled, 
in 17 rows. Ventrals 114-135; anal single (rarely divided) ; sub- 
caudals 36-50, the anterior sometimes single. Brown above, 
yellowish (salmon-red) inferiorly. 
Total length 250 millim.; tail 42. 
Texas, Mississippi Valley and eastwards. 
“fr gv 121,118; Pensacola, Florida. C. Bollman, Esq. [C.]. 
. 42, 41). 
e. 2 (V. 128; C. 40). New Orleans. 
21. STREPTOPHORUS. 
Streptophorus, Dum. § Bibr. Mém. Ae. Sc. xxiii. 1853, P 468, and 
rp. Gén. vii. p 514 (1854); Giinth. Cat. Col, Sn. p. 16 (1858); 
Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat, Phys. ii, 1863, p. 25; Bocourt, Miss. Se. 
Mex., Rept. p. 544 (1883). 
Ninia, Baird § Gir. Cat. N. Am. Rept. p. 49 (1853) ; , Proe, 
Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 339; Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. 1881, 
p- 49. 
Maxillary teeth small, equal, 15 to 18; mandibular teeth equal. 
Head small, more or less distinct from neck; eye small, with ver- 
tically subelliptical pupil ; posterior nasal concave ; no preocular ® ; 
loreal and usually prefrontal entering the eye. Body moderate, 
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