212 COLUBRIDiE. 



L. Var. macrostemma. 



Eutainia macrostemma, Kennicott, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 331 ; 



Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 307, and Wheeler's Rep. U.tS. 



Surv. W. WOth Mer. v. p. 545 (1875) ; Coues, Wheeler's Rep. t.c. 



p. 615 ; Cope, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 651. 



megalops, Kennicott, I. c. p. 830. 



? Eutasnia flavilabris, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1866, p. 806. 

 EutBsnia macrostemma, var. megalops, Cope, Wheeler's Rep. p. 545. 



iusigniarum. Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Sue. xxii. 1884, p. 172 ; 



Bugis, La Naturaleza, (2) i. 1888, p. 129 ; Ives, Proc. Ac. Philad. 

 1891, p. 462. 



Eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye. Scales in 

 21 rows, outer row more or less distinctly keeled. Ventrals 156- 

 174 ; subcaudals 64-82. Olive or brown above, with black spots 

 or striated with black ; a yellow median stripe (sometimes obsolete), 

 and another on each side on the third, or third and fourth rows of 

 scales ; ventrals and subcaudals greenish or bluish, more or less 

 distinctly edged with blackish. 



Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and W3'oming. 



«-/• 6 (V. 170, 174, 166, 170; Oiudad, Durango. Mr. A. Forrer [C.]. 

 0. 78, 81, 80, 78) & $ 

 (V. 160,159; 0.63, 66). 

 y. Yg. (V. 156; 0. 75). City of Mexico. P. Geddes,E8q.[P.]. 



h. Yg. (V. 162 ; C. 80). Hacienda del Cas- Dr. A. C. BuUer 



tillo, Guadala- [C.]. 

 jara, Jalisco. 

 i-n. S (V. 165; C. 70), 2 Oaxaca. Mr. Hoege [0.1. 



(V. 159, 157 ; C. 68, 70), & 

 yg. (V. 160,162; 0. ?, 82). 

 o-p. ? (V. 157 ; 0. 64) & yg. Mexico. 

 „ (V. 157; C.;67). 

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'-M:-¥«'. butleri. 



Eutsenia butleri, Cojie, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. 1889, p. 399. 



Seven upper labials. Scales in 19 rows, outer keeled. Ventrals 

 144 ; subcaudals 62. Olive-brown above, with three yellowish 

 stripes ; the median covering one and two half rows of scales, and 

 the lateral running along the second, third,' and fourth rows; these 

 stripes black-bordered ; lower parts olive. 



Indiana. 



7.^Tropidonotus saurita. 



Coluber saurita, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 385 (1766) ; Catesbv, Nat. Hist. 

 Carol, ii. pi. 1. (1771); Baud. Rept. vii. p. 104 (1803); Harl. 

 Med. Phijs. Res. p. 115 (1835) ; Storer, Rep. Fish. ^ Rept. Mass. 

 p. 229 (1889). 



proximus. Say, in Long's Exped. Rochy M. i. p. 187 (1823) ; 



Harl. I. c. p. 116. 



TropidoDotus saurita, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 585 ; Schleff. Phys. Serp. ii. 

 p. 321 (1887) ; Bum. Sf Bihr. vii. p. 585 (1854) ; Oiinth. Cat. p. 72 

 (1858) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. iii. 1865, p. 212, and Icon. 



