138 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



The Academ^^'s collectors have failed to find this snake, 

 which seems to be a very distinct species. 



The types w^ere collected, by Mr. Xantus, in swamps 

 among the mountains near Cape San Lucas. Mr. Belding 

 obtained an individual near La Paz. 



LiCHANURA ROSEOFUSCA CopC. 



Lichanura roseofufica. 



1868, Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat.Sci. Phila., p. 2. 

 (1875, Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Miis., No. 1, p. 43.) 

 (1887, Cope, Bull. U. S.Nat. Mus., No. 32, p. 65.) 

 (1889, Stejneger, Proc. D. S.Nat. Mus., pp. 94, 97, 98.) 

 1891, Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., pp. 512-515.) 

 (1891, Cope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., p. 591.) 



Lichanura myriolepis. 



1868, Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 2. 

 (1875, Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1, p. 43.) 

 1887, Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 32, p. 65.) 

 (1889, Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., pp. 94, 97, 98.) 

 1891, Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., pp. 512-515. 



The type of this species was collected in " northern 

 Lower California," by Wm. M. Gabb. 



Chilomeniscus stramineus Cope. 



Chilomeniscus stramineus. 



1860, Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 339. 

 (1861, Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 302.) 

 (1875, Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1, pp. 35, 92. 

 1883, Yarrow, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 24, pp. 13, 86. 

 (1887, Cope, Bull. U. S., Nat. Mus., No. 32, p. 81.) 

 (1887, Belding, West Am. Scientist, iii. No. 24, p. 98.) 

 (1892, Cope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1891, p. 594.) 

 [1894, Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, Brit. Mus., ii, p. 573 (part).] 



Carphophis straminea. 



(1883, S. Garman, Mem. Mus. Compr. Zool. Cambr., viii, 3, pp. 



166, 99.) 

 (1884, S. Garman, Bull. Essex Inst., xvi, 1, p. 32.) 



The specimens enumerated below agree with Prof. 

 Cope's original description, except in the number of tem- 

 poral plates. These are i-i, as stated by Cope in his 

 Critical Review of the Characters and Variations of the 

 Snakes of North America. 



