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The ground color of the upper surfaces of the adult 

 specimens varies from brownish drab to bright yellowish 

 cinnamon. It is cream buff in a younger individual. The 

 dark dots near the tips of the scales are present in all 

 the specimens, but do not appear upon the first row of 

 scales. They are rarely present upon the scales of the 

 second row, but constantly upon those of the third. The 

 first, second, and half of the third rows of scales are yel- 

 lowish white or straw color, as are also the gastrosteges. 



This beautiful little snake was first described from 

 specimens collected at Cape San Lucas by Mr. Xantus. 

 It was afterwards found by Mr. Belding, at La Paz. 



List of specimens of Chilomeniscus stramineus. 



Cal. Acad. 

 Sci.No. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



453 



San Jose del Cabo, L. C. 



March, 1892 



Gustav Eisen. 



814 



" 



Sept., 1893 





815 



" 



" 





816 



" 



" 





877 



" 



May, 1893 





990 



Miraflores, L. C. 



Oct., 1893 





1170 



" 



Sept., 1894 



Eisen and Vaslit. 



2199 



' ' 



Oct., 1893 



Gustav Eisen. 



Chilomeniscus fasciatus (Cope). 



Chilomeniscus cinctus. 



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



(1887, Belding, West. Am. Scientist, iii, 24, p. 98.) 

 Chilomeniscus stramineus fasciatus. 



1892, Cope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1891, p. 595. 

 Chilomeniscus stramineus. 



[1894, Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., ii, p. 273 (part).] 



This species is known only from two specimens col- 

 lected by Mr. Belding at La Paz, in 1882. 



