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CLASS REPTILIA. 
NON-POISONOUS SNAKES. 
FAMILY COLUBRIDAR. 
Order Ophidia. Snakes. 
GENUS CARPHOPHIS. (Gervais.) 
1. Carphophis amoena. (Say.) Ground Snake. 
I have found only one specimen up to the present time under a rock on 
the top of a bluff covered with grass near Canion Spring, St. Louis County, 
Mo 
2. Boh ‘phophis Helenae. (Kennicott.) Helen’s_ Snake. 
nother small snake which can be distinguished at once when alive with- 
Sut referring to the scales of the head by its peculiar appearance, on account 
of which I would consider it a variety of the following species described 
below. It is also found under rocks and stumps in St. Louis County, Mo., 
as well as St. Clair County, fl 
3. fel. oe Vermis. (Kenn.) The Western Ground or Worn Snake. 
most common of ground snakes and is found iu the mould of tree 
pea: and under rocks, in St. Louis County, Mo., and St. Clair County, Ill. 
GENUS VIRGINIA. (B. & G.) 
4. Virginia Elegans. (Kenn.) Virginia’s Snake. 
This rare small snake is mostly always found under rock, although one 
specimen I captured gliding over a foot-path in day-time in a heavy timbered 
locality. Found in St. Louis County, Mo. and Bluff Lake, St. Clair County, 
il, This snake is viviparous. 
GENUS OPHIBOLUS (B. & G.) 
5. Ophibolus Doliatis. (Linn.) Scarlet King Snake. 
A nice colored snake quite often found under rocks and in decaying logs. 
They have a great relish for lizards and snakes. Found in St. Louis County, 
Mo., and St. Clair County, I). 
6. Ophibolus Calligaster. (Say.) Evan’s King Snake 
Two specimens found April 2d, 1893, the first warm day of the season, on 
a small sloping prairie near Walnut Park, city of St. Louis, and one spec- 
imen found at Highland, Madison County, Ill., same having been plowed 
out of the ground. When irritated they vibraie their tails, which when 
striking against some dry wood, will produce a rattling noise similar to that 
of a rattle snake. 
. Ophibolus Getulus Sayt. (Holbrook.) Say’s King Snake. 
May be found occasionally under logs and rocks and like other members 
of this genus feeds on lizards and snakes. In keeping a specimen of Ophi- 
bolus Getulus (Linn), in captivity, which was about four feet six inches 
long, I was astonished to find one morning that it had swallowed a colu- 
ber obsoletus some five feet, three inches long, thereby leaving it so rigid in 
the shape of a half circle that it remained when handled in the same rigid 
