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gave birth to fifteen young on August 8th. The young 

 differ from the parent, being black above, with a white 

 patch extending around the neck. At this stage they 

 somewhat resemble a small DiadopJiis pimctatiis. 



Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer). 

 Red-bellied Brown Snake. 



Upper labials generally six, sometimes five. Two pre- 

 oculars and two postoculars ; nostril in the posterior part 

 of the anterior nasal plate. Scales in fifteen rows, all 

 carinated. Color above, brown or gray with a paler dorsal 

 stripe generally present, margined by small blackish spots 

 which, on some specimens, run together, forming two black 

 vertebral stripes. Beneath, bright red. Length, about 

 the same as the preceding species, but S. dekayi probably 

 reaches a larger size than this species. 



This handsome little snake is not found in the immedi- 

 ate vicinity of this city, but is common northward. Speci- 

 mens are recorded from Putnam County, New York. The 

 young resemble those of S. dekayi. 



SOLENOGLYPHA. 



Crotalid^:. 



Agkistrodon Beauvois. 



Head with a deep pit in the loral region, and with nine 

 plates above. Scales carinated ; subcaudals nearly all 

 entire. Body stout; tail ending in a blunt horny spine. 



This genus together with Crotalus are the only genera 

 of venomous snakes represented in this vicinity, each pre- 

 senting one species. Both may be easily recognized by 

 the presence, as in all the Crotalidce, of a deep pit between 

 the eye and nostril, and the elliptical pupil. The maxillary 

 bones bear only the two long poison fangs ; the palatine 

 bones are toothed. 



