94 SYNOPSES AND DESCRIPTIONS, 
banded with black. The subeaudals are much lighter, which suggests 
the possible existence of a habit of carrying the tail raised from the 
ground, California, 
Contra EpiscoPa, pl. VI, fig. 2. 
LAmMprosoMA Episcopum Kennicott, 1859, Mex. Boundary Survey Rept., p. 22, pl. VIIL, f. 2. 
Contra EPIscopA Cope, 1875, Check list, 36. 
Body stout, subeylindrical, tapering posteriorly; head not distinct from 
neck, short, depressed, crown flat; tail short, thick, conical. Eye moder- 
ate, pupil round. Nostril small, lateral. Nasal entire. Head-shields 
normal. Frontals short, broad. The upper angle of the rostral bent 
back between the internasals. Loreal small, sometimes united with the 
postfrontals. Orbitals 1—2. Labials seven, third and fourth in orbit. 
Infralabials seven, fourth largest. Temporals 1+2. Anterior submentals 
very large, posterior very small. Scales smooth, nearly square, in 15 
rows, outer broader. Ventrals 145. Anal bifid. Subcaudals 45 pairs. 
Uniform yellowish or greenish-brown, each scale with a lighter margin, 
Belly yellowish. Total length 8} inches; tail 1? inches. Texas, 
Nini. 
Baird & Girard, 1853. 
Moderately elongate; tail rather short. Eye small, pupil round. Teeth 
equal, smooth. Internasals and supraoculars small. Nasal divided. Lo- 
real and anteorbital fused. Postorbitals two. Scales keeled, in 17—19 
rows. Anal entire. Subcaudals bifid. 
Prefrontals united liebmanni. 
tail short; 
labials seven; brownish-white to brown; 
a black collar sebae. 
labials six; brown to black; 
no collar sieboldi. 
tail long, slender; 
back black; belly white; 
a light collar diademata, 
