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after the lapse of almost sixty years, !><• Kay's prediction that the* 



■•will probably be found in this state." The pine snake may 



J.lv be expected to occor in Orange county also, but I have 



DO record of it from that area. 



10 Osceola doliata (Linn.) 

 Jordan. Lam pro pelt is doliatua 



5 les in 81 rows: head flattish. Ground color above varying 

 from ashen to bright yellow, but only appearing as transverse inter- 

 spaces between the brown to reddish BDOtfi or saddle.- which cross 

 the back. Length 30-50 inclu 



Osceola doliata is one of our most variable spe The 



subject can uot well be discussed in the present bulletin, and the 

 reader IS referred to Prof. Cope'.- papers, the more important of 

 which are cited in the accompanying reference list, for a full 

 presentation of his views. The subspecies next described — the 

 familiar milk snake — is the only form of Osceola doliata 

 occurring in New York. Several specimen- in the state museum, 

 however, taken near Albany N. Y. agree much more closely with 

 Cope's O . d . cl erica than with O . d . trian gul a. As Albany 

 is well on toward the northern limit of Osceola doliata the 

 lificance of this variation in its bearing on Cope's views of the 

 phic distribution of the various "subspecies" is apparent. 

 Specimens of the " milk snake" from any part of the state would on 

 this account be particularly acceptable to the author. 



LOa Osceola doliata triangula (Boie) 

 Milk make 

 De Kay. C ol u ber e x im i u a 

 Jordan. Lampropeltia doliatus triangulus 

 Above yellowish gray, with a dorsal series of large brown to- 

 chocolate- blotches, bordered with black. On each Bide, on the 

 >nd to fifth rows of scales, is another series of similarly colored 

 but smaller spots, alternating with the dorsal series. Still another 

 of blotches, entirely black, occur on the edges of the gastros- 

 •!(1 the three lowest scale rows. < ra the head the ground color 

 is exposed as a patch, triangular in outline, the apex being directed 

 backward. Below yellowish white, tesselated with black. 



