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EUTAINIA PAIREYI, B. & G. 

 Plate XIII, adult; XVI, young. 



Eulainia Faireyi, B. & G. Cat. N. A. Serpents, p. 25. 



Sp. Cn. — Body above deep uniform glossy black. A dorsal stripe of yellowish green one and less than two half scales 

 wide ; and one lateral stripe on each side on the third and fourth rows, usually of the same color. Sometimes the dorsal 

 stripe is more deeply yellow than the lateral. Dorsal scales below the lateral stripe as black as above it. Abdomen greenish 

 white. Form a little stouter than E. saurita. Head large. Tail rather less than one-third of the total length. Dorsal 

 scales in nineteen rows. — Kenniooit. 



Illinois. 



EUTAINIA RADIX, B. & G. 



E. radix, B. & G. Cat. N. A. Serpents, p. 34. 



Sp. Ch. — Body stout, compact, and cylindrical ; tail short. Head short, narrow ; nose pointed. Ground color above very 

 dark olive brown, sometimes black, with three sharply defined, rather narrow, yellow longitudinal stripes, and six series of 

 very indistinct black blotches which are not visible in the darker specimens. Dorsal rows, 21. Lateral stripe on the third 

 and fourth rows. — Kenniooit. 



Fort Snelling, Minn. — S. 



RE GIN A KIRTLANDII, Kennicott. 

 Plate XX, Fig. 2. 



Regina Hrtlandii, KesmcOTT, Ttoc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1856. 



Sp. Cn.— Body stouter than in any other species of Regina or Nerodia ; head smaller and tail shorter. Head depressed, 

 very small, short, proportionately broad behind, continuous with the body, the neck being without any visible contraction. 

 Crown very convex, sloping to the snout. A single nasal, with the nostril in its centre. One large ante-orbital, two large 

 post-orbitals. Vertical, broad, sub-hexagonal. The body enlarges rapidly from the head to its full size, continuing of about 

 the same size to near the anus, where it contracts suddenly ; the tail being very small. Ground color light reddish brown, 

 with four dorsal series of circular black spots, the two central series smallest. Abdomen uniform reddish, with a row of 

 small black spots on each side. Dorsal rows 19, all strongly carinated. — Kennicott. 



Illinois. 



REGINA GRAHAMII, Baird and Girard. 



The Prairie AVatcr Snake. 



Plate XIX, Fig. 1. 



Regina grahamii, B. & G. Catal. N. Amer. Serpents, 1853, p. 47. 

 Sp. Ch. — Dull dark brown, with a dorsal light brown line, margined on each side by a narrow indistinct black line. A 

 broad yellowish stripe on the first, second, and third rows, margined above by an Indistinct black line on the fourth 

 and fifth rows, and below by a distinct narrow black line on the lower fourth of tlie first lateral row and extreme end 

 of the abdominal scutellae. Abdomen yellowish, tinged posteriorly in the adult with olive, with a single central row of 

 small subtriangular black spots posteriorly, which disappear on the anterior third of the body, and are sometimes obsolete in 

 young specimens. Dorsal rows of scales, 19. — Kennicott. 



Illinois. 



SCOTOPHIS VULPINUS, Baird and Girard. 



The Fox Snalce. 



Plate XXII. 



Scotophis vulpinus, B. & G. Catal. N. Am. Serpents, 1853, p. 75. 

 Sp. Ch.— Body stoutest of the genus ; tail thick. Head large, very stout, broad, and rounded throughout. Snout short, 

 broad ; vertical plate as broad as long ; superciliaries broad ; loral elevated as high as long. Eye smallest of the genus. 



