10. TROPIDONOICS. 213 



d^n. 26, pi. ii. fig. 1 (^1808) ; Qarm. N. Am. Rept. p. 23, pi. iii. 



fig. 2 (1883). 

 Tropidonotus proximus, Boie, I. c. ; Hallow, in Sitgreave's Kvped. Zuni 



* Color. R. p. 134, pi. xviii. (1853). 

 Leptophis sauritus, Holbr. N. Am. Herp. iv. p. 21, pi. iv. (1842) ; 



Behay, N. Y. Faun., Rept. p. 47, pi. xi. fig. 1 (1842). 

 Eutainia saurita, Baird Sr Gir. Cat. N. Am. Rept. p. 24 (1853) ; 



Cope, Wheeler's Rep. Explor. Surv. W. IQOth Mer. v. p. 545 



(1875) ; H. Oarm. Bull, lllin. Lab. iii. 1892, p. 264. 



faireyi, Baird ^ Gir. I. c. p. 2o ; Coopei; Rep. U.S. Explor. 



Surv. R. R. xii. pt. ii. p. 299, p!s. xiii, & xvi. (1860) ; Cope, I. a., 

 and Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 17, p. 23 (1880). 



proxima, Baird S^ Gir. I. c, and! in Moray's Explor. Red Riv. 



p. 220, pi. ii. (1853) ; Wied, N. Acta Ac. Leap. Carol, xxxii. i. 18(j5, 

 p. 90 ; Cope, Wheeler's Rep. v. p. 545, and Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 no. 17, p. 23, and Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 650. 



sackenii, Kennicott, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1859, p. 98; Cope, 



Wheeler's Rep. v. p. 545, and Proc. U.S. Nat. Mm. xi. 1889, p. 393. 



Eutsenia nitiloris. Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxii. 1885, p. 388. 

 Thamnophis proxima, Garm. Bull. Essex Inst. xxiv. 1892, p. 105. 



Form slender. Eye rather large, llostral broader than deep, 

 visible from above ; internasals as long as broad, as long as or a 

 little shorter than the praaf'rontals ; frontal once and a half to once 

 and two thirds as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end 

 of the snout, as long as or a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal 

 about as long as deep ; one prae- and three (rarely four) postoculars ; 

 temporals 1 + 2 or 1 + 3; eight (rarely seven) upper labials, fourth 

 and fifth (or third and fourth) entering the eye ; five lower labials 

 in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than 

 the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, all strongly keeled. Ventrals 

 144-178 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 86-127. Dark olive or dark 

 brown above, with three more or less distinct yellow, pale green, or 

 orange stripes, the laterals on the third and fourth series of scales ; 

 usually a pair of light dots close together on the, suture between the, 

 parietal shields ; upper lip and lower parts greenish white. 



Total length 730 millim. ; tail 230. 



North America east of the Eocky Mountains : Mexico. 



a-h. S (V. 167 ; 0. 109) Bloomington, In- C. BoUman, Esq. [C.]. 



& $ (V. 157 ; C. 127). diana. 



c-d. ? (V. 165. 171 ; 0. Kansas. 



94, ?). 



c rT (V 158 : C. F). Lake Kerr, Florida. A. Evwin Brown, Esq. 



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f-i ^ (V. 170, 173 ; C. ?, New Orleans. M. Sail^ [C.]. 



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&vg.(V.173;C. 111). 



it' 6 (V. 171 ; C. 114). Louisiana. Smithsonian Inst. [P.]. 



(As E. faireyi.) 



I Yg (V. 169 ; 0. 96). Duval Co., Texas. W. Taylor, Esq. [P.]. 



7n,n. ? (V. 166,167; 0. Texas. 



95,?). 



V. iS (V. 171 ; 0.108). Matamoras, Mexico. Smithsonian Inst. [P.]. 



o 9 CV 149; 0.?). A to v ac R., Guerrero. Mr. H. H. Smith 

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[0.]. F.D.Godman, 

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