SYNOPSES AND DESCRIPTIONS. 97 
bital united. Prefrontal entering the orbit. Postorbitals two, Anal and 
subeaudals bifid. Seales smooth or keeled, in 15 to 17 rows. 
Scales in 17 rows, 
keeled ; 
labials five; 
one internasal striatula. 
two internasals inornata. 
smooth or keeled; 
labials six elegans. 
scales in 15 rows, smooth or keeled; 
internasals two; 
postorbitals two valeriae. 
postorbitals three harpertt. 
VIRGINIA STRIATULA, pl. VII, fig. 2. 
CouuBer striatuLus Linné, 1766, Syst. ed. XII, I, 375. 
Small, moderately slender, subcylindrical, belly broad; head small, not 
distinct from the neck, subconical, narrow in front; tail short, stout, tapering. 
Snout moderate, narrow. Eye small, pupil round. Mouth-cleft medium, 
slightly curved. Nostrils anterior, directed outward. Crown-shields eight. 
Prefrontals long and broad, entering the orbit. One internasal. Rostral 
subtriangular, very small. Nasal in two parts, nostril in anterior. No 
loreal, fused with anteorbital. Orbitals 1—1. Temporals 1+1.  Labials 
five, third and fourth in orbit, fifth largest. Infralabials six, fifth largest. 
Posterior pair of submentals half as long as the anterior. Scales keeled, 
in 17 rows, dorsal narrow, outer broad and faintly carinate. Ventrals 
119—130. Anal bifid. Subcaudals 25—46 pairs. 
Uniform greyish or reddish-brown; light yellowish or reddish beneath. 
With or without a band of light color across the occipitals which spreads 
upon the posterior labials. Massachusetts to Mississippi. 
VIRGINIA INORNATA 2. sp. 
Moderately stout, slightly depressed; head small, not distinct from the 
neck, subconical; tail short, tapering to a point. Snout short, blunt. Eye 
moderate, pupil round. Nostrils anterior, directed horizontally in the 
Mem.—von. u—7 
