OPHIDIA— COLUBRIDAE— OPUIBOLUS PYRRHOMELAS. 



537 



ASINEA. 



Fam. colubridae. 



Genus CONTIA, Baird & Girard. 



CONTIA ISOZONA, Cope. 



Plate XVII r, Figs. 1, and 1, a. 



Contia isozona, Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1SGC, 304.— Id., Cheek-List N. A. 

 Batracb. & Kept., 1875, 30. 



Hab. — Utab, Nevada, Arizona. 



Two specimens of this beautiful species were procured in Nevada in 

 1871. The description was based upon specimens procured in Arizona by 

 Dr. E. Coues, U. S. A. It has also been taken in Kane County, Utah. 



Genus OPHIBOLUS, Baird & Girard. 

 OPHIBOLUS DOLIATUS, Liun., subspecies ANNULATUS, Keun. 



Lampropcltis annulata, Kenn., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1800, 329. — Cope, Proc. 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1S00, 257. 

 Ophibolus doliatus, subspecies annulatus, Cope, Check-List N. A. Batracb. & Kept., 



1S75, 36. 



Hab.; — Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, Arizona. 

 Tolerably common in Arizona. 



No. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



P2 



P3 





July, 1S73 

 do 



H. W. Henshaw. 

 Do. 



do 







OPHIBOLUS PYRRHOMELAS, Cope. 



Plate NIX, Figs. 1,1, a, and 2. 



Ophibolus pyrrhomelanus, COPE, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1SG0, 305. 

 Ophibolus pyrrhomelas, Cope, Check-List N. A. Batrach. & Kept., 1875, 37. 



Hab. — Arizona and California. 



This species was discovered in Arizona by Dr. E. Coues, U. S. A., and 

 in 1871 several specimens were secured by this expedition, from which it is 



