The seventeen species of Ophidia hitherto known to inhabit 

 Kew-York are as follows* : 



LIST OF SPECIES. 



1. Crotalus durissus, Li7m Rattlesnake, 



2. Crotalophorus tergeminus, HoU>r. Massasauga. 



3. Ancistrodon contortrix, B.<^ G.. Copperhead. 



4. EuT^NiA SAURiTA, B. Sf G Strfped-snako. 



5. " siRTALis, B.^ G Grartersnake. 



6. Nerodia sipedon, B. ^ G Watersnake. 



7. Regina leberis, B,^- G Yellowbellied-snake. 



8. Heterodon platyrhinos, I«zifr,. . . . Hognose. 



9. ScoTOPHis ALLEGHANiENSis, B. 6f G. Mountain Blacksnake, 



10. Ophiboltjs getulus, B, ^- G Kingsnake. 



11. " EXiMius, B. <^ G Housesnake. 



12. Bascanion constrictor, B, ^ G. . , Blaeksnake, 



13. Chlorosoma vernalis, B.Sf G. ... Greensnake. 



14. DiADOPHis PUNCTATTJS, B-, ^ G Ringsnake. 



15. Celuta amcena, jB. cf G Wormsnake. '^ 



16. Storeria dekayi, B. ^ G Spotted-snake. 



17. " occipiTO-MACULATA, B. . . RedbelHed-snake. 



In -addition to these, some seven or more species will, in all 

 probability, be hereafter detected in the State : these are, Crotalo- 

 phorus massasauga, Kirtland ( C. kirflandii, Holerook), in the 

 west ; JYerodia agassizii and Scotophis vulpinus, from the north- 

 west ; JYerodia nigra, from the north ; Heterodon niger and Regina 

 rigida, from the south, and Pityophis melanoleucus from the south- 

 east. 



• The numbers attached to the species are the game as on the corresponding flgares 

 of the plates. 



