OPHIDIA— COLUBRIDAE— PITYOPHIS SAYI BELLONA. G17 



in all); the belly yellowish. The characters of a supposed second species, 

 31. schottii, have been found by Cope not to hold good. 



Var. ornatum (Masticophis ornata, B. & G, Cat, 102), from Western 

 Texas, is probably to be added to the list. 



57. Bascanium flagelliforme testaceum, (Say) Cope. 



Coluber testaceus, Say, Long's Exped. Rocky Mts., ii, 1S23, 48. — Harlan, Jour. Acad.' 

 Nat. Sci. Pbila., v, 1827, 318.— Holb., X. A. Herp., iii, 1812, 03, pi. 13.— 

 Harlan, Med. & rhys. Res., 1835, 113.— Bd. & Gir., Cat. N. A. Rept, 1853, 

 150. 



Masticophis testaceus, Bd. & GiR,, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, 20, pi. 10. — 

 Bd., P. R. R. Rep., x, 1850, Whipple's Route, Reptiles, 43.— Cope, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1866, 305. 



Drymobim testaceus, Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1800, 501. 



Psammophis flavigularis, Hallow., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, 1852, 178. Id., 



Sitgreave's Exp. Zufii & Col. Ri'v., 1853, 131, 140, pi. 11. 



Masticophis flavigularis, Bd. & Gir., Cat. N. A. Rept., 1853, 90, 159. 



Herpetodryas flavigularis, Hallow., P. R. R. Rep., x, 1859, Williamson's Route, Rep- 

 tiles, 12. 



Bascanium flagelliforme subsp. testaceum, Cope, Check-List, 1875, 40. 



The recognition, in the present species, of the Coluber testaceus of Say, 

 satisfactorily completes the identification of the species of that eminent and 

 successful naturalist. 



The present is a species of general distribution in Arizona, being met 

 with both in the mountainous and desert portions of the Territory, and is one 

 of the common Ophidians. 



57a. Bascanium flagelliforme piceum, Cope. 



Bascanium flagelliforme subsp. piceum, Cope, Dr. Yarrow's Rep., anted. — Id., Check- 

 List, 1875, 40. 



Cam]) Grant, Ariz. 



58. Pityophis sayi bellona, [Bit. <{• Gir). 



a. SAYI. 



Coluber mclanoleucus var., Say.— Harlan, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila,, v, 1827, 360,— 



Id., Med. & Phys. Res., 1835, 123. 

 Coluber sayi, Schl., Ess. Physiog. Serp., 1837, 157 (not Coronella sayi, Holbr,, nor 



Coluber sayi, Harlan, whieli are Ophibolvs). — Bd. & Gir., Cat. N. A. Rept., 



1853, 151. 



