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spot; scales, etc., as in preceding. Va. to Iowa, and 

 northward; very common. [Goronella eximia, (DeKay) 

 Jan.] 



3. 0. calligaster, (Say ) Cope. Kennicott's Chain 

 Snake. Light olive gray, with about sixty quadrate, 

 chestnut colored, emarginate blotches on back and two 

 rows of smaller ones on each side; scales in 35 rows. 

 Ills, to Kansas. {0. evansi, Kenn.) 



13. OSCEOLA, Baird and Grirard. Scaelet Snakes. 



1. 0. elapsoidea, (Holbr.) B. & G. Scaelet Snake. 

 Brilliant red, with about fifteen pairs of jet black rings 

 on body and three on tail, each pair enclosing a white 

 ring; the black rings tapering towards the sides, the 

 white ones spreading; resembles closely O. doliattcs; 

 scales 19; G-. 175 to 180; L. 20. Va. to Fla. 



14. FARANOIA. Gray. Horn Snakes. 

 < Calopistna, D. & B. 

 1. F. abacuna, (Holb.) B. & G. Red-Bellied Hoen 

 Snake. Blue-black with red lateral spots; eyes small; 

 scales 19; G. 175; L. 36. Southern, N. to Ills. {Nel- 

 son.) 



15. ABASTOR, Gray. Red-Sided Snakes. 



1. A. erythrogrammus, (Daudin) Gray. Red -Lined 

 Snake. Blue-black; sides with three red lines; eyes 

 very large; nostrils in the middle of nasal plate; scales 

 19; G. 180; L. 25. Southern, N. to Ills. {JSTelson.) 



16. HALDEA, Baird & Girard. Beown Snakes. 

 = Conoceptialus, D. & B. 

 1. H. striatula, (L.) B. & G. Beown Snake. Head 



